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 How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
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"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
It's not an untrue observation.
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Do they wither like vegetables?
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What is the cause of such living. Some people don't want to know, they would rather stay miserable. 
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Let's keep in mind that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula.
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Man, where do I get the "Rose Coloured" sleeping glasses. I totally understand the idea of having the kind of serenity in your mind that facilitates the peaceful state of relaxation necessary to acheive a sleep like that, but I'll bet that whoever acheives it is either a Buddhist Monk or has so drastically oversimplified their lives that it barely qualifies as an 'existence'.
Wow, to have the lack of "Urgency Required" tasks in your life must be very peaceful.........and quite boring.
Ciao, for now.
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By the way, if people are oppinionated enough to believe that responding to this kind of forum is a good idea, shouldn't they already know that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula?........geeze, I would hope so. I actually had an argument with a patron at a local pub, who was telling a story and was insisting that Stoker was a young girl at the time of writing Dracula......nice, eh? You know the kind that never stop talking, while you sit quietly, suffering their ignorance, and your friends smile at you because they know that telling look on your face......and finally you contribute to the conversation to try to shut them up........sorry, it's a 'pet-peeve' of mine. I'll stop, now.
Ciao, for now.
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Sorry......opinionated.
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Hey, here everybody talks to everybody without getting to discuss to each others. Mr/Ms/Mrs DHeavyOne, I bet you know everything about everything since you talk about people's ignorance. Let's give an example: I guess you speak swahili perfectly for instance, or do you have your own rules/norms of what is CULTURE?
Your statement is quite interesting by the way, I guess I agree with the young girl version... don't ask me why. Probably because I never cared about who wrote Dracula so far. And my life was going on anyway, and will end anyway. But today I learnt someting new and I might not forget the name of Bram Stoker anymore. And if I will, I don't mind.
Anyway, how does this Bram Stocker know that in this world there are actually people "whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams"? How does he know?
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DHeavyOne wrote:By the way, if people are oppinionated enough to believe that responding to this kind of forum is a good idea, shouldn't they already know that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula?........geeze, I would hope so. I actually had an argument with a patron at a local pub, who was telling a story and was insisting that Stoker was a young girl at the time of writing Dracula......nice, eh? You know the kind that never stop talking, while you sit quietly, suffering their ignorance, and your friends smile at you because they know that telling look on your face......and finally you contribute to the conversation to try to shut them up........sorry, it's a 'pet-peeve' of mine. I'll stop, now.
Ciao, for now. Hello DHeavyOne, nice to meet you. I sympathize with your frustration. In the particular case you described, I wonder if the person insisting that Bram Stoker was a young girl/woman at the time of writing Dracula might have been confusing the details with those of Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein when she was in her late teens.
Just a thought. Still frustrating, nonetheless.
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Why not leave the persons words very simple . I understand them, just like millions of people from all the continents would. Multi cultural ? all cultures? From the "simple"side all I am saying is what if before a person said the "quote" Doctors have official names for all the problems that could lead up to a person blurting out a statement like this one . Sleep disorders ,insomnia etc. If a person was bed ridden in pain and watched his roommate (sibling) sleeping peacefully. A lot of these writers during that period were on narcotics and a statement like that (quote) is very easy to comprehend from an alcoholic,opiated frame of mind.   I do not see this "quote" as such a life changing mix of words that whether he wrote dracula or on the bathroom wall to really matter. I like it though because of the innocence of it. By that all I mean is let us just think about a man who was kept awake by his wife's constant snoring ,so he goes down stairs and sits and watches their very innocent ,very tired child or children sleep. O.K. let me get real weird for a moment  I think this "quote" could be used as the next great advertising slogan on a bottle of sleep medication! SLEEP X "How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
Read to your kid they will read with you,re neighbors kid
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grammargeek wrote:DHeavyOne wrote:By the way, if people are oppinionated enough to believe that responding to this kind of forum is a good idea, shouldn't they already know that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula?........geeze, I would hope so. I actually had an argument with a patron at a local pub, who was telling a story and was insisting that Stoker was a young girl at the time of writing Dracula......nice, eh? You know the kind that never stop talking, while you sit quietly, suffering their ignorance, and your friends smile at you because they know that telling look on your face......and finally you contribute to the conversation to try to shut them up........sorry, it's a 'pet-peeve' of mine. I'll stop, now.
Ciao, for now. Hello DHeavyOne, nice to meet you. I sympathize with your frustration. In the particular case you described, I wonder if the person insisting that Bram Stoker was a young girl/woman at the time of writing Dracula might have been confusing the details with those of Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein when she was in her late teens.
Just a thought. Still frustrating, nonetheless. I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps this misguided pub patron had confused Bram Stoker with Mary Shelley. I can understand how that might occur.
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I like your words .wichitarick, very poetic, makes me read the quote in a total different way.
...and I like the smileys.
PS what does your username mean?
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I'm just guessing, but .wichitarick is probably a fellow named Richard or Frederick, who lives in Wichita, Kansas.
.....but then again, I'm just guessing.
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DHeavyOne wrote:I'm just guessing, but .wichitarick is probably a fellow named Richard or Frederick, who lives in Wichita, Kansas.
.....but then again, I'm just guessing. And maybe it refers to a small two wheeled cart used to pull patrons to their tables in a Japanese chain restaurant.
Here's one sitting in the lobby.
"Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamen Franklin
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DHeavyOne wrote:By the way, if people are oppinionated enough to believe that responding to this kind of forum is a good idea, shouldn't they already know that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula?........geeze, I would hope so. I actually had an argument with a patron at a local pub, who was telling a story and was insisting that Stoker was a young girl at the time of writing Dracula......nice, eh? You know the kind that never stop talking, while you sit quietly, suffering their ignorance, and your friends smile at you because they know that telling look on your face......and finally you contribute to the conversation to try to shut them up........sorry, it's a 'pet-peeve' of mine. I'll stop, now.
Ciao, for now. Maybe he was thinking about Frankenstein.
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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Thanks DHeavyOne & thanks bugdoctor: interesting!
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I recognise myself among those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety; but it is not easy to find it, and often, when you think you found it, you lose it.
Liberty does depend on ourselves, but it is related to other people as well. We are not alone, so we can't get it totally alone, we have to relate ourselves to people, environments, etc, and our own might not always match others'. That's why we keep on searching. :)
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Carmelo wrote:What is the cause of such living. Some people don't want to know, they would rather stay miserable. I think some people don't want to know they prefer to be ignorant & happy. Indeed I would never wish to be clueless & glad :S !
"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." — E.B. White
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One day improve, one day enjoy.. what you improved.
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i've been a voyeur of this until now. you guys have some great, deep thoughts. i humbly would add that the quote to me speaks to the great mind of the man who wrote "dracula". i've often pondered what lingered in the deep recesses of bram stoker's consciousness. and lo and behold! it's the same as mine (and probably yours) who, even the young, don't have the occasional nightmare? it's part of the package we were handed on our original birthday. is our work here to truly get that "there is nothing to fear but fear itself"? try telling that to anyone who reads the papers!
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