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 I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)
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Well if asking were any good, I would ask for a good heart to steer my brain.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
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Now some of the people are poor in the purse They don't have the cash at the ready And some of the people are crippled and lame They can never stand up true and steady And some of the people are poor in the head Like the simpleton fools that you see But most of the people are poor in the heart It's the worst kind of poor, the worst kind of poor you can be -- Richard Thompson
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All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I am carrying my heart~I am carrying my rhythm~I am carrying my prayers~But you can't kill my spirit~It's soaring and strong (Paula Cole's Me Lyrics)***We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We ARE spirtual beings having a human experience.(T.deChardin)***There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)
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With a heart you are part way to making haggis http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/haggis_66072Brains are trickier... http://www.desicookbook.com/recipe.aspx?recipe=72
"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon" Suzanne Ertz
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You always can rely on a fool, that he will do something stupid. With a kind-hearted man one never knows.
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It the mind not the brains that guides one's heart and everything else. The right mind makes moral choices and thus guides the heart to do the right thing.
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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four lost novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems etc...
Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856, into a devout Methodist family of German (paternal line) and Scots-Irish (maternal line) origin.
In 1900, Baum and Denslow (with whom he shared the copyright) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz :)
After Denslow quarrelled with Baum over royalty shares from the 1902 stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, for which Baum wrote the script and Denslow designed the sets and costumes, Baum determined not to work with him again.
:O Unfortunately Baum had been involved (writing capacity) in the Wounded Knee Massacre :(
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they new why he was so anxious to get a new heart.
"All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."
"I shall take the heart." returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world"
Dorothy did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she decided if she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em, it did not matter so much weather the Woodman had no brains and the Scarecrow no heart, or each got what they wanted.
What worried her most was that the bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would empty the basket. To be sure neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever ate anything, but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live unless she was feed.
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Survival for herself and Toto. Good to have a heart but beware of <3 break hotel, good to be brainy when the need arises.
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curiousmind. The heart mentioned by Baum is not literal, but figurative, since the heart is only a pump. The heart is mostly used in connection with motive and morality and is seen in its figurative sense as the seat of our emotions.
Therefore to have a 'good heart,' or to be motivated in a good way, could be viewed as of more worth than superior brain power along with a lack of good moral motivation.
PS: That is how the heart is used in the Bible... in a figurative sense.
Proverbs 4:23
New Living Translation (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
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"health? what good is your health when you're otherwise an idiot?" - theodor w. adorno
kinda depends on what you define as "heart" - instinct, drive, emotional intelligence?
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