I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe.

 We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul.

Merovingian

 

Apparently it's just a strung sequence of swear words, but the French "translation" - if slang has a true translation eg "fuck dick piss shit cunt wankstain ass butthole" he may have said " cat dog car oven potato wristwatch crystal" for people who don't know the words - ie people who do not have French as their first language From what French women have said - Cobb is Cock and Zizzi is Willy - they mean the same thing but are different "translations" of the slang words In German "fotzen" is "vagina" - "fotzen licker", you know what a "licker" would be - so "fotzenlickeri" is cunnilingus Pimmel is Penis etc Like wiping your ass with silk .

Mr Olympia

 

1980 Arnold won - simple as that

He was preparing for Conan and the shape he got into, for the film, what we saw in the film, was what he brought to the stage that night

While some say it was not up to the same standard as he earlier 6 winning years, he was still ahead of everyone else

During his acceptance speech, Arnold acknowledged how close the decision was, saying

"I have to be very honest, that this was the highest level of competition that I have ever faced in any competition in my life"

Zane had completely recovered from his injury, and had retained his definition, much of his muscular size from the year before was missing, so Zane was never going to win the title again

Zane didn't compete in 81

Came second to Dickerson in 82

83 he came fourth with Samir winning, and retired

81 Franco won his second title with a comeback, and Dickerson came second place, going on to win in 82 - Dickerson paid his dues and worked his way up

In 81, Frank Zane, Boyer Coe, Mentzer, and 6th place Roger Walker all boycotted and did not enter - though nobody cared about Walker

Babies throwing their toys out of the pram

According to Chris Dickerson, "the promoter was a real low life, a bigot, who had a real dislike for me –partly on racial grounds and partly for my sexual orientation." Paul Graham even told another official that "Chris couldn't win because he was a fag"

Yes because it had to be "racist" of course - and the gay thing

Dickerson winning in 82 proves that was nonsense

81 lineup

Franco

2nd Dickerson

3rd Tom Platz

4th Callender

5th Padilla

6th Wilcox

Samir placed 9th

If Mentzer, Coe and Zane had all entered in 81, where would they place after Franco and Dickerson - 4th, 5th and 6th maybe - Tom Platz was a factor as he probably would have still placed 3rd above all 3 of them

In 82, Platz dropped to 6th, and Zane came back but only at 4th - Albert Beckles and Casey Viator were inserted between them at 5th and 3rd

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 A Smile in His Lifetime

Mokugen was never known to smile until his last day on earth. When his time came to pass away he said to his faithful ones: "You have studied under me for more than ten years. Show me your real interpretation of Zen. Whoever expresses this most clearly shall be my successor and receive my robe and bowl."

Everyone watched Mokugen's severe face, but no one answered.

Encho, a disciple who had been with his teacher for a long time, moved near the bedside. He pushed forward the medicine cup a few inches. That was his answer to the command.

The teacher's face became even more severe. "Is that all you understand?" he asked.

Encho reached out and moved the cup back again.

A beautiful smile broke over the features of Mokugen. "You rascal," he told Encho. "You worked with me ten years and have not yet seen my whole body. Take the robe and bowl. They belong to you."

 

Not Far from Buddhahood

A university student while visiting Gasan asked him: "Have you ever read the Christian Bible?"

"No, read it to me," said Gasan.

The student opened the Bible and read from St. Matthew: 

"And why take ye thought for rainment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these... Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself."

Gasan said: 

"Whoever uttered those words I consider an enlightened man."

The student continued reading: 

"Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened."

Gasan remarked: "That is excellent. Whoever said that is not far from Buddhahood."

Inception

 

Cobb Is Awake

The Wobble: If you look closely at the final shot, the spinning top begins to wobble and lose balance, indicating friction and gravity are acting on it rather than spinning forever like it would in a dream

The Wedding Ring:

Cobb's true totem is not the spinning top (which belonged to his wife Mal), but his wedding ring. He wears his ring during dream sequences, but he is not wearing it in the final airport and home scenes

Actor Michael Caine stated that director Christopher Nolan told him any scene featuring Caine's character (Professor Miles) takes place in reality. Caine is present greeting Cobb at the final airport scene

 

The Thief Who Became a Disciple

One evening as Shichiri Kojun was reciting sutras a thief with a sharp sword entered, demanding wither his money or his life.

Shichiri told him: "Do not disturb me. You can find the money in that drawer." Then he resumed his recitation.

A little while afterwards he stopped and called: "Don't take it all. I need some to pay taxes with tomorrow."

The intruder gathered up most of the money and started to leave. "Thank a person when you receive a gift," Shichiri added. The man thanked him and made off.

A few days afterwards the fellow was caught and confessed, among others, the offense against Shichiri. When Shichiri was called as a witness he said: "This man is no thief, at least as far as I am concerned. I gave him the money and he thanked me for it."

After he had finished his prison term, the man went to Shichiri and became his disciple.

 

Teaching the Ultimate

In early times in Japan, bamboo-and-paper lanterns were used with candles inside. A blind man, visiting a friend one night, was offered a lantern to carry home with him.

"I do not need a lantern," he said. "Darkness or light is all the same to me."

"I know you do not need a lantern to find your way," his friend replied, "but if you don't have one, someone else may run into you. So you must take it."

The blind man started off with the lantern and before he had walked very far someone ran squarely into him.

"Look out where you are going!" he exclaimed to the stranger. "Can't you see this lantern?"

"Your candle has burned out, brother," replied the stranger.

 

Buddha's Zen

Buddha said: 

"I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. 

I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles.

 I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. 

I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit,

 and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil on my foot.

 I perceive the teachings of the world to be the illusion of magicians.

 I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream

, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing in one's eyes.

 I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain,

 Nirvana as a nightmare of daytime.

 I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, 

and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons."

 

Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl" said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. 

"We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

 

When Shoun was old he knew his end was approaching. He asked his disciples to gather around him in the morning, telling them he was going to pass on at noon. 

Burning incense before the picture of his mother and his old teacher, he wrote a poem:

For fifty-six years I lived as best I could,

Making my way in this world.

Now the rain has ended, the clouds are clearing,

The blue sky has a full moon.

His disciples gathered around him, reciting sutra, and Shoun passed on during the invocation.

 

There are things that are brought into our lives to lead us back to the true path 

Other things arise so we can apply all that we have learned. 

And, finally, some things come along to teach us.

 

You don’t choose your life; it chooses you.

 There’s no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs,

 you just accept them and carry on. 

We can’t choose our lives, 

but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we’re given

 

The most sophisticated things in the world 

are precisely those within the reach of everyone

 

We know that in September,

 we will wander through warm winds of summer's wreckage

 

September days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, 

but in their lengthening evenings 

a prophetic breath of autumn

 

There is a clarity about September ... 

the sun seems brighter, 

the sky more blue, 

the white clouds take on marvelous shapes;

 the moon is a wonderful apparition, 

rising gold,

 cooling to silver; 

and the stars are so big

 

Summer came and left without a warning

 

When you knew that it was over 

you were suddenly aware

That the autumn leaves were turning 

to the color of her hair

 

The first morning of autumn:

the mirror I investigate

reflects my father’s face

September

 

 

There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, 

allowing them to fall away like dried leaves. 

There is no better time to dance again, 

to make the most of every crumb of sunlight 

and warm body and soul with its rays 

before it falls asleep 

and becomes only a dim light bulb in the skies

September Gurls Song by The Bangles

 

September girls
Do so much
And for so long
'Till we touched
I love you, boy
Never mind
I've been crying
All the time

December boys got it bad
December boys got it bad

September girls
I don't know why
How can I deny
What's inside
Even though I
Keep away
They will love
All our days

Mirage

 

Love is alive or is it just a passing fantasy
Make me believe
That you will not deceive my eyes
Will it begin?

In an illusion where the truth gets thrown
Lesson to learn inside a desert heart tonight
Is this emotion in a lover's camouflage?

Or is it just a mirage
We move so close and yet so far away
Just a mirage...
The fascination of a flame

Don't give it away
If two can play
You know I'll find you there
Looking for you
I go where angels fear to tread

Mystery known it comes and goes
All through the heart of you
Telling me lies
I should have known that you would hide
Do you hide the fear inside a lover's camoflague?

Or is it just a mirage
In this romance is there a ghost of a chance
Just a mirage
And though I concentrate on you

The candle burns at both ends
And summer heat can make you restless as the wind
So wild and free but seasons change
Where will you be when summer ends

 

There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, 

allowing them to fall away like dried leaves. 

There is no better time to dance again, 

to make the most of every crumb of sunlight 

and warm body and soul with its rays

 before it falls asleep

 and becomes only a dim lightbulb in the skies

 

Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?

 

And then the sun took a step back, 

the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, 

and autumn awakened

September

 I bear the Scales, 

where hang in equipoise 

The night and day;
 and when unto my lips I put my trumpet,
 with its stress and noise 
Fly the white clouds
 like tattered sails of ships; 

The tree-tops lash the air with sounding whips; 
Southward the clamorous sea-fowl wing their flight; 
The hedges are all red with haws and hips, 
The Hunter's Moon reigns empress of the night.

Heartbeat Song by George Michael

 

Another summer
Another vacation is over
A September morning,
With the sun and the smell of the clover

Down by the gate
We sit and we watch all our friends go by
And pretend we don't hear the bell,
That rings through the summer sky

Autumn

 

Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

For man, Autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

 everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

Life is a dream, and Autumn is a dream within a dream!

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.

The most beautiful carpet is the carpet made of autumn leaves!

September Song by Earth, Wind & Fire

 

Do you remember
The 21st night of September?
Love was changin' the minds of pretenders
While chasin' the clouds away

Our hearts were ringin'
In the key that our souls were singin'
As we danced in the night, remember
How the stars stole the night away, oh, yeah

Holdin' hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love, remember
How we knew love was here to stay

Now December
Found the love that we shared in September
Only blue talk and love, remember
The true love we share today

Hey, hey, hey
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September
Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day
There was a
Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), dancin' in September
Ba-dee-ya (dee-ya, dee-ya), golden dreams were shiny days

The bell was ringin', oh, oh
Our souls were singin'
Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow

Endless Summer Nights - Song by Richard Marx

 

Summer came and left without a warning
All at once I looked and you were gone
And now you're looking back at me
Searching for a way that we can be like we were before

Now I'm back to what I knew before you
Somehow the city doesn't look the same
I'd give my life for one more night
Of having you here to hold me tight; oh, please
Take me there again
Oh, oh

I still recall the walks along the beaches
And the way your hair would glisten in the sun
Rising in the afternoon
Making love to you under the moon, oh

Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence
Every single breath you took was mine
We can have it all again
Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings your heart to mine
Oh, oh

There's only so much I can say
So please don't run away from what we have together
It's only you and me tonight
So let's stay lost in flight
Oh, won't you please surrender

And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
I remember every moment of those endless summer nights 

 

By all these lovely tokens, 

September days are here. 

With summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer

 Autumn's really here now

You can feel it in the air

It's almost time for eiderdown

 

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket 

than all the other seasons

 

Dewdrops beading blades of grass

have so little time to shine before dawn;

let the autumn wind 

not rush too quickly through the field!

September

 

September (from Latin septem, "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar, the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, with March (Latin Martius) the first month of the year until perhaps as late as 451 BC.

After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.

September's birthstone is the sapphire. 

The birth flowers are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.

The zodiac signs are Virgo (until September 22) and Libra (September 23 onward).

End Of Summer

 

Summer came and left without a warning 

The candle burns at both ends
And summer heat can make you restless as the wind
So wild and free but seasons change
Where will you be when summer ends

Another summer
Another vacation is over
A September morning,
With the sun and the smell of the clover

Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?

When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware

That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair

We know that in September, we will wander through warm winds of summer's wreckage

It was a lovely afternoon—such an afternoon as only September can produce when summer has stolen back for one more day of dream and glamour

There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green and the days are still warm, 

but somehow you know that it is all about to end,

 as if summer was holding its breath,

 and when it let it out again, it would be autumn

the best of the summer gone, 

and the new fall not yet born. 

The odd uneven time.

September tries its best to have us forget summer

in memory of golden summer hours
and whispers of a summer sea.

By all these lovely tokens, 

September days are here. 

With summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer