Post #399

Dance like nobody’s watching

14th May 2004, late evening | Comments (27)

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.

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  1. Lewis:

    Gay Confucius Says ...
    Man, I think San Francisco is really getting to you

    Posted 50 minutes after the fact
  2. Chuckg:

    ...the ultimate result is a man with no goals, no children to carry a name, and someone who is terribly uncoordinated at dancing. Sounds like the life for me.

    Posted 1 hour, 2 minutes after the fact
  3. Rob Mientjes:

    That 'America' is really eating your brains! Dreadfull!

    Posted 1 hour, 56 minutes after the fact
  4. Alex:

    On the count of ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... you are now a dancing chicken. SF is really messing with your head, me thinks.

    Posted 4 hours, 11 minutes after the fact
  5. Sparticus:

    Eat Spaghetti like you're not going to get it all over your chin and embarress yourself in front of your girlfriend's parents.

    Posted 4 hours, 34 minutes after the fact
  6. Hayo:

    This is getting scary :-)

    Posted 5 hours, 10 minutes after the fact
  7. ACJ:

    I will post as if I never read the previous comments; "Amen, buddy."

    *dances*

    Posted 8 hours, 55 minutes after the fact
  8. Michael Heilemann:

    What ACJ said.

    Posted 9 hours, 3 minutes after the fact
  9. Lee:

    I got that quote in an email a while back, makes perfect sense to me. Basically: you only get one chance at life, live it to the full no matter what others think.

    Posted 9 hours, 6 minutes after the fact
  10. Bryan Peters:

    Write like no one will read it.

    Posted 11 hours, 1 minute after the fact
  11. Karen:

    I second Lee's comment. We spend way too much time worrying about what other people think of us. Here's another good one: "Exuberance is beauty."—William Blake

    Posted 11 hours, 45 minutes after the fact
  12. Debbie:

    Me thinks Brian's got it!

    The whole quote goes like this:

    “ Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching.”
    --- Satchel Paige

    Looks like a great recipe to me, for a life on the edge.

    Posted 12 hours, 11 minutes after the fact
  13. Coda:

    Here's another that I've been using as a personal motto for a number of yrs:

    "Dress up. Leave a false name. Be legendary." - Hakim Bey

    Full text worth a read: http://coda.co.za/words/25

    (p.s. Why am I converted to "Coda" from "coda" ;)

    Posted 14 hours, 5 minutes after the fact
  14. DarkBlue:

    I read the above with vague memories of a song flitting in and out of my head. Then I realised what it was, Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen" - the lyrics of which are truly inspirational: http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/b/bazluhrmann/everybodys.htm

    Posted 20 hours, 23 minutes after the fact
  15. Markus:

    Well, how to join your sect?

    Posted 1 day, 3 hours after the fact
  16. Khurt Williams:

    The first one is causing me great financial pain. The last two are words to live by.

    Posted 1 day, 12 hours after the fact
  17. Ssp:

    Also consider the permutation found in some advice by Dogbert:

    "Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching."

    Posted 4 days, 7 hours after the fact
    Inspired: ↓ Dunstan
  18. Dunstan:

    Just as good!

    Posted 4 days, 12 hours after the fact
    Inspired by: ↑ Ssp
  19. Rahul:

    Code like no one uses view-source!

    Posted 4 days, 15 hours after the fact
  20. Gambit:

    Fart like no one is going to hear it or smell it for that matter.

    Posted 1 week, 6 days after the fact
  21. Niero:

    For those of us without a trust fund...

    Work like hell until 5pm, then go love. Love is work, so consider your budget. Dance & drink madly, but never on week nights.

    Posted 2 weeks, 6 days after the fact
  22. Beinguniek:

    work like you don't need the money - eh hem...technically, i don't neeeeeeed the money, i just like having it

    love like you've never been hurt - show me mr. right and i will...hmmmm....

    dance like nobody's watching - does walmart count? teeheehee (hey, I had headphones on that day and it was a really awesome song...)

    this topic brightened my day (night?) even though it was from some time ago (gosh, what day is it? i need to figure out how to turn off this comp and go to bed)

    Posted 2 weeks, 6 days after the fact
  23. Keg:

    Words to live by! Makes life more fun than:
    Working, only because you need the money - Not loving, for fear of being hurt - or not dancing because your afraid you will look stupid. (who cares, I dont)

    Posted 3 weeks after the fact
  24. Deep Blue C:

    I just read a Dilbert cartoon where Dogbert says, "Dance like it hurts, Love like you need the money, Work when people are watching."

    Posted 3 weeks, 2 days after the fact
    Inspired: ↓ MaThIbUs
  25. MaThIbUs:

    That's exactly what Ssp already said ;)

    Asides: I want to see Dunstan dancing like nobody's watching. I mean, even I do.

    http://mathibus.com/archives/2004/03/14/another-dance/ http://mathibus.com/archives/2004/01/14/dance-til-you-drop/

    Posted 4 weeks after the fact
    Inspired by: ↑ Deep Blue C
  26. Jacques Marneweck:

    http://en.wikiquote.org/ is quite useful for finding quotes.

    Posted 1 year, 1 month after the fact
  27. Nienkenina:

    ... Live like heaven is on earth

    Wow, I'm commenting on something that is said long ago..

    Posted 1 year, 11 months after the fact

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