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Karensu at 10:22, 17 February 2022

2022-02-17T10:22:38Z

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	This is not exactly a quote, but the line about the Internet, above, reminded me: When arpanet and usenet first appeared, Jane and I were very excited. Imagine, we said, a worldwide network. "Imagine," paraphrasing Jane, here, "politicians wont be able to just lie about their statements and actions." As it turned out, we were way too optimistic. Or, maybe, naïve. We were so excited about what we thought it meant. --Olav Kvern		This is not exactly a quote, but the line about the Internet, above, reminded me: When arpanet and usenet first appeared, Jane and I were very excited. Imagine, we said, a worldwide network. "Imagine," paraphrasing Jane, here, "politicians wont be able to just lie about their statements and actions." As it turned out, we were way too optimistic. Or, maybe, naïve. We were so excited about what we thought it meant. --Olav Kvern

	~~Do Me a Favor? (an essay by Jane, on its own page):~~ [http://janequotes.byz.org/index.php?title=Favor_Essay]		[http://janequotes.byz.org/index.php?title=Favor_Essay Do Me a Favor?] (an essay by Jane, on its own page)

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Karensu: attempting to add a link to an essay by Jane, on a separate page

2022-02-17T10:19:25Z

attempting to add a link to an essay by Jane, on a separate page

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	This is not exactly a quote, but the line about the Internet, above, reminded me: When arpanet and usenet first appeared, Jane and I were very excited. Imagine, we said, a worldwide network. "Imagine," paraphrasing Jane, here, "politicians wont be able to just lie about their statements and actions." As it turned out, we were way too optimistic. Or, maybe, naïve. We were so excited about what we thought it meant. --Olav Kvern		This is not exactly a quote, but the line about the Internet, above, reminded me: When arpanet and usenet first appeared, Jane and I were very excited. Imagine, we said, a worldwide network. "Imagine," paraphrasing Jane, here, "politicians wont be able to just lie about their statements and actions." As it turned out, we were way too optimistic. Or, maybe, naïve. We were so excited about what we thought it meant. --Olav Kvern

			Do Me a Favor? (an essay by Jane, on its own page): [http://janequotes.byz.org/index.php?title=Favor_Essay]

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

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2022-01-12T04:54:22Z

Quotes (in random order)

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	"Men's behavior and women's behavior are like overlapping bell curves. Anyone of either gender can show any behavior, but the most likely behaviors fall in different places on the scale."		"Men's behavior and women's behavior are like overlapping bell curves. Anyone of either gender can show any behavior, but the most likely behaviors fall in different places on the scale."

			This is not exactly a quote, but the line about the Internet, above, reminded me: When arpanet and usenet first appeared, Jane and I were very excited. Imagine, we said, a worldwide network. "Imagine," paraphrasing Jane, here, "politicians wont be able to just lie about their statements and actions." As it turned out, we were way too optimistic. Or, maybe, naïve. We were so excited about what we thought it meant. --Olav Kvern

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

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2022-01-12T04:48:12Z

Quotes (in random order)

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	"The 'Wow -- heavy' approach many people take to such things as Zen annoys me. To each their own, I guess, but for me it is not 'heavy.' It is lovely, joyous -- and humorous. After my closest approach to understanding thus far, I laughed aloud, chuckled for hours and smiled for days. The glorious, loving humor of the world flabbergasts me.”		"The 'Wow -- heavy' approach many people take to such things as Zen annoys me. To each their own, I guess, but for me it is not 'heavy.' It is lovely, joyous -- and humorous. After my closest approach to understanding thus far, I laughed aloud, chuckled for hours and smiled for days. The glorious, loving humor of the world flabbergasts me.”

			"Everyone has an art. If your art is growing dandelions in your parking strip, then you need to make room in your life to grow dandelions in your parking strip."

			"I have a crystal ball. It sits on my shelf and looks pretty and never tells me anything about the future."

			"Fight or flight are not the only two options. Tears and laughter both work."

			"Men's behavior and women's behavior are like overlapping bell curves. Anyone of either gender can show any behavior, but the most likely behaviors fall in different places on the scale."

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

Ian: added link to jane's obit

2022-01-09T02:28:23Z

added link to jane's obit

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	This site is intended for those who knew Jane and/or want to learn some of the wisdom she acquired in her life. Please feel free to contribute any of her sayings that you like. My preference is to leave them in random order, but feel free to organize them if you absolutely need to do so: just don't worry about duplicating them in several categories and don't erase any :-).		This site is intended for those who knew Jane and/or want to learn some of the wisdom she acquired in her life. Please feel free to contribute any of her sayings that you like. My preference is to leave them in random order, but feel free to organize them if you absolutely need to do so: just don't worry about duplicating them in several categories and don't erase any :-).

			If you would like to know more about Jane, please visit the [[Obituary\|Jane's Obituary]] page.

	Please note that this doesn't currently require anyone to get a membership in order to edit anything because I didn't want to impose any barriers to people contributing, but I am recommending that folks go ahead and create accounts if it's not too difficult.		Please note that this doesn't currently require anyone to get a membership in order to edit anything because I didn't want to impose any barriers to people contributing, but I am recommending that folks go ahead and create accounts if it's not too difficult.

Ian: Fix dates

2022-01-06T18:20:53Z

Fix dates

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	"I might always be deluding myself, but I think you ought to see if my thoughts about myself are accurate before dismissing them out of hand."		"I might always be deluding myself, but I think you ought to see if my thoughts about myself are accurate before dismissing them out of hand."

	[About her depression]: "~~Five~~ years of purgatory and ~~ten~~ years of hell."		[About her depression]: "Ten years of purgatory and five years of hell."

			[About her cancer]: "I figure I lost more years to depression than I did to cancer."

	[About relationships]: "If it wasn't going to work with Luke, it wasn't going to work."		[About relationships]: "If it wasn't going to work with Luke, it wasn't going to work."

Eli Cohen at 21:16, 22 December 2021

2021-12-22T21:16:08Z

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	"When I saw that plane crashed into the building, I was on the floor crying and saying that: 'We are going to go to war. We are going to go to war with the wrong people.'"		"When I saw that plane crashed into the building, I was on the floor crying and saying that: 'We are going to go to war. We are going to go to war with the wrong people.'"

			"The 'Wow -- heavy' approach many people take to such things as Zen annoys me. To each their own, I guess, but for me it is not 'heavy.' It is lovely, joyous -- and humorous. After my closest approach to understanding thus far, I laughed aloud, chuckled for hours and smiled for days. The glorious, loving humor of the world flabbergasts me.”

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

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2021-12-18T14:30:58Z

Quotes (in random order)

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	"If someone tells you that you have to choose between them and X, choose X" [I refer to this as "Hawkins' Law," and it has saved me many times.]		"If someone tells you that you have to choose between them and X, choose X" [I refer to this as "Hawkins' Law," and it has saved me many times.]

			"I'm ashamed that my nation dropped bombs on the poorest people. We could have given them money instead."

			"The Democratic Party and the Republican Party were like Coke and Pepsi."

			"The internet was created by men's desire to kill and f*ck." [Because the internet was first invented for the military, and the first websites that helped gaining its popularity were porn sites].

			"When I saw that plane crashed into the building, I was on the floor crying and saying that: 'We are going to go to war. We are going to go to war with the wrong people.'"

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

67.168.166.107: /* Quotes (in random order) */

2021-12-13T19:36:16Z

Quotes (in random order)

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	"At the end of her life, she was just 'Phyllis.' to me." [Jane started using the name Phyllis instead of "mom" to refer to the woman who birthed and raised Jane. Jane also took care of Phyllis in Jane's own home through the end of her life].		"At the end of her life, she was just 'Phyllis.' to me." [Jane started using the name Phyllis instead of "mom" to refer to the woman who birthed and raised Jane. Jane also took care of Phyllis in Jane's own home through the end of her life].

			"If someone tells you that you have to choose between them and X, choose X" [I refer to this as "Hawkins' Law," and it has saved me many times.]

	== Technical Notes. ==		== Technical Notes. ==

Ian: Added information about accounts to Greetings and thanked Sev.

2021-12-12T18:13:27Z

Added information about accounts to Greetings and thanked Sev.

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	This site is intended for those who knew Jane and/or want to learn some of the wisdom she acquired in her life. Please feel free to contribute any of her sayings that you like. My preference is to leave them in random order, but feel free to organize them if you absolutely need to do so: just don't worry about duplicating them in several categories and don't erase any :-).		This site is intended for those who knew Jane and/or want to learn some of the wisdom she acquired in her life. Please feel free to contribute any of her sayings that you like. My preference is to leave them in random order, but feel free to organize them if you absolutely need to do so: just don't worry about duplicating them in several categories and don't erase any :-).

			Please note that this doesn't currently require anyone to get a membership in order to edit anything because I didn't want to impose any barriers to people contributing, but I am recommending that folks go ahead and create accounts if it's not too difficult.

			Thanks go to my partner Sev for hosting this site.

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