There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote says nothing in life is worth getting overly upset about.
- In plain terms
- Nothing is worth being angry over.
- What can you take from it?
- Don’t waste energy on trivial grievances.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truly deserves your anger?
- How can you gauge when to react?
Another view
Some situations genuinely merit strong emotional responses.
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Lispers are among the best grads of the Sweep-It-Under-Someone-Else's-Carpet School of Simulated Simplicity. [Was that sufficiently incendiary? :-)]
Permalink to quote #53 ...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.
Permalink to quote #55 Just don't compare it with a real language, or you'll be unhappy... :-)
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