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--- a/infobase/fortunes.dat
+++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat
@@ -7449,7 +7449,7 @@ A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
 "Sir, if I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee."
   -- Lady Nancy Astor speaking to Winston Churchill
 "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it."
 "Sir, if I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee."
   -- Lady Nancy Astor speaking to Winston Churchill
 "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it."

-  -- Churchill's reply
+  -- Winston Churchill's reply

 ~
 If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.
   -- David Daye
 ~
 If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.
   -- David Daye


@@ -20463,10 +20463,10 @@ exist?  Yes, provided it is never known.  Known, it will only disappoint us.
   -- Umberto Eco
 ~
 The subjects that were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I
   -- Umberto Eco
 ~
 The subjects that were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I

-fancied least...  I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew.  They
+fancied least. ...  I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew.  They

 always tried to ask what I did not know.  When I would have willingly displayed
 my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance.  This sort of treatment had
 always tried to ask what I did not know.  When I would have willingly displayed
 my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance.  This sort of treatment had

-only one result: I did not too well in examinations.
+only one result: I did not do well at examinations...

   -- Winston Churchill
 ~
 One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to
   -- Winston Churchill
 ~
 One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to


@@ -42986,4 +42986,35 @@ happiness.
      Tsong kha pa’s Lam rim chen mo", by Guy Newland from Changing Minds:
      Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey
      Hopkins, edited by Guy Newland, published by Shambhala Publications
      Tsong kha pa’s Lam rim chen mo", by Guy Newland from Changing Minds:
      Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey
      Hopkins, edited by Guy Newland, published by Shambhala Publications

-
+~
+inexplicably ted was awoken,
+incredibly loud noise of the broken,
+his cat invaded the stash,
+seeking out some tasty hash,
+sis boom *bong* goes crash--ted won't be tokin'.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+shania the stony gal really dug her twerkin',
+slingin' her booty all around was really workin',
+but the other dancers looked askance,
+and asked "can this chick actually dance?",
+shania wasn't so much dancin' as berzerkin'!
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+    All art is composed of subtle and gross elements.  There is no way for
+artists to express without elements.  When people use expressions such as hot-
+headed, cold-hearted, dry-humored, or all wet, it shows that they naturally
+connect subtle element temperaments with gross element expressions.  But
+artists must go beyond outwardly expressing the elements in an obvious way in
+order to gain experience with the inner subtle elements, which are the source
+of the outer gross elements.  Then they can make art which reflects what
+people need.
+    According to the Buddhist point of view, an artist’s intention is
+compassion.  Buddhist artists create in order to make a link with other beings
+through their inner pure elements, and to transform their outer ordinary gross
+elements into enlightenment by means of that connection.   
+  --  Thinley Norbu, from "Magic Dance: The Display of the Self-Nature of the
+      Five Wisdom Dakinis", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Never admit defeat.  Just move the front.
+  -- fred t. hamster