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Getting To Know Me

I thought I’d get to know myself But there was sooo much to know That I didn’t know that I knew Getting to know myself Would require learning Less about what I thought I knew And studying what it was I’d need to know In order to get to know What I knew Who knew????

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Bill Baker
Date: 10/7/2023 4:01:00 PM
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Well, John. I heard the more you study the more you know, and the more you know, the more you forget. Then the more you forget, the less you know ... so why study? Something I heard roughly sixty-four years ago. I hope that help with your situation, my friend. Have a great weekend! Bill
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:50:00 PM
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it has ben said that the definition of an"expert" is one who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing"....Liked your quote though
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Jerry Brotherton
Date: 10/7/2023 10:39:00 AM
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We'll never know how much we don't know.
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:48:00 PM
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Yeah!!!! Jerry, but there are so many willing tell us....
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Charles Messina
Date: 10/7/2023 5:18:00 AM
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I never knew how you knew you the way you know you the way you do, John. But that sounds about right (lol) Who knew?
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:48:00 PM
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that's it Charles.....if I met myself I wonder if I would recognize me....hehhee
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Di11y Da11y
Date: 10/6/2023 4:21:00 PM
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Tiring - as then you reinvent yourself or regress or some other shizzle - excellent lines to ponder
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:47:00 PM
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the trouble with the "re-inventing" process is I keep getting those "abby normal" brains.....
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Silent One
Date: 10/6/2023 12:09:00 PM
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Who knew indeed... clever play on words John..
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:45:00 PM
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well SO, whoever it was that knew wasn't telling me
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Lin Lane
Date: 10/6/2023 11:20:00 AM
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That's something to stew over. When you find out, let me know cuz I have no clue.
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John Lawless
Date: 10/7/2023 4:44:00 PM
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I used to think i knew but then I didn't know i knew

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