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I'm 22, don't you think that's a bit too early ?

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine
by UnEstranAvecVueSurMer (holopherne ahem gmail) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 05:24:21 AM EST
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The good thing about university is that studying for your degree leaves you time for self-schooling.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 05:27:30 AM EST
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 And the good thing about being a mature student is you already know more than your lecturers (apart from some very specialised knowledge) I think I learned more in the bar and the library than in lectures.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 05:46:36 AM EST
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Hopefully.  But my own first job after obtaining an M.A. in History was as the assistant donut baker at the Eagle Bakery in Tucson.  There were extenuating circumstances such as uncertainty about the draft, a small local market and lack of money to finance a move to a larger market. The up side was that I learned about craft breads, as all bakers got to take home their choice of a loaf of bread each night.  Some nights, if the twist khalas were out of the oven long enough and early enough we would take one, buy a quarter pound of butter and take it to the Green Dolphin, where it quickly would be pulled apart, slathered with butter and consumed, washed down with pitchers of 3.2 beer.

If sanity be culturally normative, then by the norms of this culture I claim insanity.
by ARGeezer (argeezer a in a circle yahoo dot com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 11:10:53 AM EST
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