“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.” — Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President

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“Facts are stupid things.” — Ronald Reagan, Former U.S. President

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Every Sunday I post three off-beat quotes (6 AM, noon, and 4 PM Eastern Time) from famous people or media and you respond with another strange quote either from the same person or on a similar or connected topic—the further out or more outrageous the quote the better.If the connection isn’t fairly obvious it’s up to you to explain it.

“Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, “Thank God, I’m still alive.” But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.” — Barbara Boxer, Senator

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“With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn’t likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market for itself.” —Business Week, August 2, 1968

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“[By 1965] the deluxe open-road care will probably be 20 feet long, powered by a gas turbine engine, little brother to the jet engine.” —Leo Cheren (Editor and Publisher of the Research Institute of America), 1955

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Every Sunday I post three off-beat quotes (6 AM, noon, and 4 PM Eastern Time) from famous people or media and you respond with another stupid quote either from the same person or on a similar or connected topic—the further out and more outrageous the quote the better.If the connection isn’t fairly obvious it’s up to you to explain it.

“[The nickel-iron battery will put] the gasoline buggies …out of existence in no time.” —Thomas Alva Edison, 1910

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After the last two I thought I should lighten up, so my final offering consists of two comments from the same guy predicting sexual attitudes 50 years in the future.“[By 1982] sex will have become much less a theme for either poetry or analysis.”

“Much of the romanticism and all of the hypochondria on the subject will be over.”

—Irwin Edman, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, The Forum, 1932

Oops, I think that Irwin dismissed Hollywood a little two quickly.

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The second quote falls strictly in the stupidity category and proves that stupidity is a global event.In a 1998 decision, the Head Judge of the Italian Supreme Court argued that, “because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them…and by removing the jeans…it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”

(The comments caused international fallout resulted in the founding of Denim Day in the US.)

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I’m always looking for a way to have some fun with Leadership Turn, especially if I can involve you. Here’s what I came up with.

Every Sunday I post three off-beat quotes (6 AM, noon, and 4 PM Eastern Time) from famous people or media and you respond with another strange quote either from the same person or on a similar or connected topic—the further out or more outrageous the quote the better.

If the connection isn’t fairly obvious it’s up to you to explain it.

First up this Valentine’s week comes from the dark side. I remember reading about this in the newspaper. It showcases the absolute worst in ignorance, stupidity and politics.

“People who are raped—who are truly raped—the juices don’t flow, the body functions don’t work, and they don’t get pregnant.” —Henry Aldridge, North Carolina State Representative, in Esquire, 1996.

(After the speech the NC Legislature reduced the funds for abortions for poor women from $1.2 million to $50,000 and rewarded Aldridge by appointing him co-chair of the Committee on Human Resources, overseeing day care, services for the poor and abortion funding.)

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