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BRAIN (THE) -- BRAVERY -- BREAKFAST
BREAKING UP

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BRAIN (THE)

see "THE MIND" for related links


Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
--Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
American newspaperman, wit, and satirist,
_The Cynic's Word Book_ [1906]
{retitled in 1911 as _The Devil's Dictionary_}

I am a bear of very little brain, and long
words bother me.
--A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882-1956)
English writer for children,
_Winnie-the-Pooh_ [1926], Ch. 4

Give me the young man who has brains
enough to make a fool of himself.
--Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Scottish essayist, poet, and novelist

Brains are never a handicap to a girl if she
hides them under a see-through blouse.
--Bobby Vinton (1935- )
American singer [1978]

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The hypothalamus is one of the most important
parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of
motivation, among other functions. The
hypothalamus controls the "Four F's":
1. fighting;
2. fleeing;
3. feeding;
and
4. mating.
--Anonymous Psychology professor





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BRAVERY

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see also: "BOLDNESS"
see also: "FEAR"
see "CHARACTER" for other related links


It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
--Aesop (c.620 B.C.-c.560 B.C.)
(thought to be a legendary figure),
"The Wolf and the Kid", _Fables_ tr. Joseph Jacobs [1894]

Thank you, madam, the agony is abated.
--Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800-1859)
English politician and historian.
Aged four, having had hot coffee spilt over his legs.

Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.
--Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Scottish historian and political philosopher

We come to know best what men are,
in their worse jeopardies.
--Samuel Daniel (1563-1619)
English poet and dramatist

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery
they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
--George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880)
English novelist

A brave man is a man who dares to look
the Devil in the face and tell him he
is a Devil.
--James Garfield (1831-1881)
20th President of the United States [1881]

We are the boys
That fear no noise
When the thundering cannons roar.
--Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and dramatist,
_She Stoops to Conquer_ [1773]

Mejor morir a pie que vivir en rodillas.
(It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.)
--Dolores Ibarruri (1895-1989)
Spanish Communist leader,
radio broadcast, Paris [3 September 1936]

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what
one might be capable of doing before all the world!
--François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
French educator and social reformer,
_Maxims_ [1665] #216

There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck!
A man who's not afraid to say his say,
Though a whole town's against him.
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
American poet

I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-General
Harrison hanged, drawn and quartered; which was
done there, he looking as cheerful as any man
could do in that condition.
--Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)
English diarist and naval administrator

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery
is a much higher and truer courage.
--Wendell Phillips (1811-1884)
American abolitionist and reformer

There was once a man in China who liked pictures of dragons.
His clothing and his furniture were therefore accordingly adorned
with dragons. This deep affection for their kind was brought to the
attention of the Dragon Lord, who one day sent a real dragon to
stand outside the man's window. It is said that he probably died
of fright.
--Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)
_Hagakure_ (Hidden in the Leaves)_ [1716]
now known as __The Book of the Samurai_

Men of the South! It is better to die on
your feet than to live on your knees!
--attributed to Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)
{Mexican revolutionary, champion of
agrarianism, who fought in guerrilla
actions during and after the Mexican
Revolution [1911-1917] - EB}

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doughty DOW-tee, adjective:
Marked by fearless resolution; valiant; brave.
Ex.: "He was obsessed with the Arctic, his imagination stoked by
epic accounts of the doughty pioneers who had led wooden ships
into uncharted waters and northern mists."
--Sara Wheeler, "In Cold Blood?"
_New York Times_ [25 February 2001]

temerity (noun) [tê-'me-rê-ti]
Recklessness, foolhardy disregard for danger.
The sense of today's word, the noun, is diametrically
opposed to "timidity" despite the similarity sound.




BREAKFAST

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see "FOOD & DRINK" for related links


Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince,
and dinner like a pauper.
--Adelle Davis (1904-1974)
American nutritionist and author

What you need for breakfast, they say in East
Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick
beefsteak, and a hound dog. Then you feed the
beefsteak to the hound dog.
--Charles Kuralt (1934-1997)
American journalist and broadcaster

The only way to eat well in England is to have
breakfast three times a day.
--W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer




BREAKING UP

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see "LOVE & MARRIAGE (OR NOT)" for related links
see also: "REJECTION"


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[ . . . ] What'll I do
When you
Are far away
And I am blue,
What'll I do?
What'll I do
When I
Am wond'ring who
Is kissing you,
What'll I do?
What'll I do
With just
A photograph
To tell my troubles to?
When I'm alone
With only
Dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll I do? [ . . . ]

--Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
American songwriter,
"What'll I Do?" [1924 song]

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Whereas you send unto me, willing me to confess
a truth, and so to obtain your favour ... let not your
grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be
brought to acknowledge a fault where not so much
as a thought ever proceeded. And to speak a truth,
never prince had wife more loyal in all duty and in
all true affection than you have ever found in Ann
Bullen - with which name and place I could willingly
have contented myself, if God and your grace's
pleasure had been so pleased.
--Anne Boleyn [also spelled Bullen] (1507?-1536)
Second wife of King Henry VIII of England
and mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
{to Henry VIII 'from my doleful prison in the Tower,
this sixth of May, 1536.'

What's new? How is the world treating you?
You haven't changed a bit, lovely as ever, I
must admit
What's new? How did that romance come through?
We haven't met since then, gee, but it's nice
to see you again
What's new? Probably I'm boring you
But seeing you is grand, and you were sweet to
offer your hand
I understand. Adieu! Pardon my asking what's new
Of course you couldn't know, I haven't changed, I
still love you so
--Johnny Burke (1908-1964)
American lyricist, "What's New?"

But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
met - or never parted -
We have ne'er been brokenhearted.
--Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Scottish poet and songwriter,
"Ae Fond Kiss"

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
--William Congreve (1670-1729)
English dramatist,
"The Mourning Bride" [1697]

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"Ending," by Gavin Ewart (1916-1995)

The love we thought would never stop
now cools like a congealing chop.
The kisses that were hot as curry
are bird-pecks taken in a hurry.
The hands that held electric charges
now lie inert as four moored barges.
The feet that ran to meet a date
are running slow and running late.
The eyes that shone and seldom shut
are victims of a power cut.
The parts that then transmitted joy
are now reserved and cold and coy.
Romance, expected once to stay,
has left a note saying GONE AWAY.

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In the wee small hours of the morning,
While the whole wide world is fast asleep,
You lie awake and think about the girl
And never even think of counting sheep.
When your lonely heart has learned its lesson,
You'd be hers if only she would call.
In the wee small hours of the morning,
That's the time you miss her most of all.

--Bob Hilliard (1918-1971)
American lyricist,
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" [1955 song]
{music by David Mann}

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"After A While" [1971]
by Veronica Shoffstall

After a while, you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans.
And futures have a way of falling down in midflight.

After a while you learn
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong.
And you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn...
With every goodbye, you learn.

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I met my old lover on the street today
She seemed so glad to see me; I just smiled
And we talked about the old times, and drank
ourselves some beers
Still crazy after all these years.
--Paul Simon (1941- )
American singer and songwriter,
"Still Crazy After All These Years" [song]

Whatever happened to you, whatever happened to us
We missed the proverbial boat, the plane and the train and the bus
Push came to shove, we fell out of love, we tore each other apart...
Love is grand but I can't understand why we broke each other's heart.
--Loudon Wainwright III (1946- )
American songwriter,
"Whatever Happened to Us"

All discarded lovers should be given a
second chance, but with somebody else.
--Mae West (1892-1980)
American stage and film actress

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Max: Bob, listen to this. She dumped me. Bob.
.... she said she never wants to see me again.
Bob McGraw: Let me tell you something about
women.......... They always say the opposite
of what they mean.
[Max reading letter]
Max: Oh yeah? "If you come within a three block
radius of my house I will have my new boyfriend,
Vito, rip off your head and spit in your neck."
Bob McGraw: You're right kid.......you've been
dumped.
--Up the Creek [1984]
Tim Matheson .... Bob McGraw
Dan Monahan .... Max


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