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| No Compromise |
No amount of money is worth life. Wait until you have less years ahead of you than behind you, You'll understand. Tyrell: Wouldn't obstruct replication; but it does give rise to an error in replication, so that the newly formed DNA strand carries with it a mutation - and you've got a virus again... but this, all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you. Batty: But not to last. Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize! Batty: I've done... questionable things. Tyrell: Also extraordinary things; revel in your time. -Blade Runner, 1982 I definately want more life. You can keep your Benjies, 'yo. H&K-Guy | |||
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| No double standards |
We have some close family in their 90's. They are at a point they often hope today is their last day before they move on. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Prince of Cats |
I would take the cash, knowing how I roll, were I to go back, I would likely make things worse just by trying to do better.  The mistakes I've made, molded me into who I am, it was painful, but without those learning experiences I would not be what I am today, and while not perfect, I like how I carry myself/stand for. | |||
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30 mil please. My mistakes made me who I am today. 18Z50 | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
My mother, as she approached 90, fretted that she had lived so much longer than her friends and husband, all gone to heaven years ago, that they might be thinking she didn't make it. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Ol' Jack always says... what the hell. |
Easy question. $30M If I change anything in my past I may not have my kids today. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
More inclined to take the 30 mil. I have made mistakes in life, but I have made some great decisions and choices, resulting in my wife and family. Now it is tempting to basically gain another 50-70 years of living, but might be overrated. What would be more interesting is to go back and not necessarily change my life, but to change the outcome of recent history. Say if I went back to the late 70s and managed to get Obama and the Clintons railroaded into jail for something felonious "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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That seems to be pretty common. Even taking the money out of this discussion, I'm not sure that I'd want to re-live my life or extend its natural end by 30 additional years. | |||
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I'm 40 years old and I would take the 30 million. For the alternative choice there are a few things that I would have to relive again and I certainly wouldn't want to. Besides, those hardships could not be avoided the second time around anyway and have almost certainly made me better and stronger than I otherwise would have been. I honestly wonder if having 30 million dropped in my lap would be a good thing or a bad thing for me and my family in the long run. Sometimes that type of money destroys the truly good things in life. I would have to be very careful about how that money was handled. Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
It is pretty obvious that the answer is directly related to you your age. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
The big obstacle for most people is they don't realize how expensive it is to be rich. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| No double standards |
How many pro athletes retire and in a few years are bankrupt? Such is also common in Hollywood. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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I am ready to go, got the plat, got the headstone, got the music for the after party, will is filled out Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Grandiosity is a sign of mental illness |
30 mil, seven days a week and twice on Sunday. No question. I've made a lot of mistakes, but those mistakes led me to a place - and precious gifts - I'm not sure I could recreate. Like my kids. So I'll live with my mistakes. And 30 mil is quite generous. That's several times what I have calculated as 'fuck you money'. | |||
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| Grandiosity is a sign of mental illness |
LOL. Yes. But no requirement that you have to *act* like you're rich. Grandiosity is a sign of mental illness. | |||
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30 million for sure, the mistakes I have made have resulted in the birth of my daughter and I would not change that. All else has been the path that has lead me to my present situation. Retired, full time RVing, with my lovely wife. Show me he money Jerry, show me the money! ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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30 Million. I am the person today because of those mistakes. And for those wanting to go back, remember, you’re not going back as a genius, just you. You will still make mistakes and possibly worse mistakes, you only go back knowing what not to do, not the right thing to do. Thinking somehow you’re smarter……and you’re not. | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
I'll take the $30 million. Not because of of what ever mistakes I might have made. I wouldn't do it because I would be bored to tears. That's almost 20 years of knowing what will happen in sports, politics, entertainment, etc... Forget improving myself, I would make myself worse because there would be nothing new look forward to for decades. | |||
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The $$$. My mistakes didn't cost that much and - as others have mentioned - made me who I am anyway. -------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Here's my thought; for those who get to heaven, we will know all those others also there, instantly and upon arrival. As Heaven is eternal, those who are there already know that I am/will be there. In your mother's case she need not fret - those in Heaven already know she's there too. Just my concept of Heaven. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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