i got my cookie fortune from a chinese resturant and it is super confusing. Can you please either translate it or help me understand it? It is:\n\n     "If a person is content to begin with doubts, they shall end in certainties".
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It means "Question everything" it is what the philosopher Socrates was famous for. his willingness to call everything into question.
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It translates directly to: You are Chinese person?\n\nHowever, most Chinese phrases can't be translated directly.  A more sensible translation would be: You are Chinese.  That phrase is actually a statement.  To make it a question, you would have to add a "ma" (ni shi zhong guo ren ma"?)  Then, it would mean, "Are you Chinese"
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Tolong jelaskan pertanyaan anda!\n\nMy best translation of the question is:\n\nApakah terjadi tekanan & gravitasi ketika menjentikan kartu [yg] berada diatas gelas & uang logam [yg] diatas gelas jatuh ke [dlm] ...gelas\n\nThe pressure happened & gravity when [menjentikan] the card [yg] was on the glass & coins [yg] on the glass fell (in)to [dlm]... the glass\n\nSounds like one of those "magic tricks" demonstrating scientific phenomena, but still not sure which.\n\nAnyone help?
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A rolling stone gathers no moss. (How much moss has the Rolling Stones gathered?)\n\nYou can't have your cake and eat it too. Think about it. Let's say you have $1.00 and want to buy a soda. If you buy the soda, you won't have the $1.00.  If you don't buy the soda, you'll still have your dollar, but no soda. In other words you can't have it both ways. The old saying, or proverb, is a way of saying the same thing.
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Hogen, a Chinese Zen teacher, lived alone in a small temple in the country. One day four traveling monks appeared and asked if they might make a fire in his yard to warm themselves.\n\nWhile they were building the fire, Hogen heard them arguing about subjectivity and objectivity. He joined them and said: "There is a big stone. Do you consider it to be inside or outside your mind?"\n\nOne of the monks replied: "From the Buddhist viewpoint everything is an objectification of mind, so I would say that the stone is inside my mind."\n\n"Your head must feel very heavy," observed Hogen, "if you are carrying around a stone like that in your mind."
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Life is what we make it with God's guidance. It is actually not "luck or coincidence".  Its God's Divine Providence for us to make use of. When we say "Good Luck" it supposedly meant "God Bless".\n\nMy 17 yr old wants a job this summer, so we're looking for one.  Yesterday after my work and after her school, we were not able to enter our apartment coz we forgot the key so we waited outside for my husband to come from work.  A kind neighbor next door invited us in for a tea while we were waiting.  We just moved in so we do not know her yet but she was nice and the best thing was she works for this organization which helps the youth find summer jobs. Luck or coincidence?
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Peace be with you,\n\nI don't know what that means since I don't speak or understand those langugages but go to www.google.com and click on Language Tools (under the Search bar, it's a small link) and then you can copy and paste that and get its literal translation.\n\nI hope you find what you are looking for. =)\n\nPeace.
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I feel that luck is created.What would I do if spouse told me that? I'd tell him See Ya,and I'd go buy him a rabbits foot,some four leaf clovers and serve that on his dinner plate.That's mean I know,but that was rude what the wife told him.
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First, this quote makes fun of the fact that people see society as an entity, when in reality it is composed of, well, people. Keeping this in mind...\nTo make it easier I'll break-down this quote as follows;\n-quote\n-litteral meaning\n-metaphorical meaning\n\n"society everywhere is in concpiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members."\n-everyone everywhere is in conspiracy against their own qualities and attributes (conventionally thought to be appropriate to a man) especially physical strength, courage, and determination\n-it seams people are purposely forcing themselves to forget what strength, courage, and determination are all about\n\n"society is a joint-stock company" \n-this portion is meant litterally\n- society is made up of people that all influence it individually, just as a joint stock company is made up of shareholders that also influence it individually\n\n\n"in which the members agree"\n-in which the stock holders agree\n-people  agree,\n\n"for the better securing of his bread to each share holder"\n-for the better securing of the food of each share holder\n-that in order to better secure their income\n\n"to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater"\n-to compromise the freedom and character of themselves\n-they should compromise themselves as people.\n\nTo sum up, The true meaning of the quote is:\npeople are inadvertantly destroying themselves. It's as if people feel that to succeed finantialy they must compromise the very characteristics that make us superior beings.\n\nhope this helps  good luck
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These ladies are giving ya good advice. Not every case is a worst case scenario. Work up the nerve to do it soon! You'll feel better. \nLibra sun, I like the fortune cookie message.
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What's in the bag I'm holding? DOR-eE-toes! but I put it down long enough to type.\nWhen I think of where the expression might have originated, I envision bank robbers, and there's the guy in the get away vehicle and the guy doing the deed inside, and if the cops get there sooner than expected, than the getaway guy is GONE, and the guy inside is "left holding the bag".\nI think there are many plausible explanations, and will be curious what others post...\n\nThey're the kind of cookies that cover up stashed away money or jewels, guess I'm a burglar at heart like ol' Bilbo. But if I'm caught redhanded (what color are my hands now?) then I will certainly grab a cookie on the way out and I hope it's chocolate chip, preferably fresh baked and just a touch gooey.
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Your life may look like crud at the moment, but it will improve.\n\nSadly, the stars suggest that the cookie was wrong. Those clouds are settling in.\n\nGood luck!
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="Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."  \n-- Buddha  \n\nThanks for sharing this site.  I added i to my favorites and gave you a thumbs up for your question.  I should give you ten points!  \n\nGreat concept.  My son lives in \nAsheville, NC and his town is like this or at least all of those I have met there.
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I can't remember where the quote is from, but I agree with it entirely.  It means "no holds barred", in a way, and I find it true in love and war.  It's sad to say that's true in love, but, experience tells me it is true, and our culture supports it entirely.  Our international bodies try to make it untrue in war, such as in the Geneva Convention, but, war is hell everything's "fair" in hell, so . . ..  God Bless you.
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Why don't we all put our money where our mouth is?? \n\nHow easy is it to say, "god, please bless those less fortunate than I, so I don't have to part with my fortune."???\n\nGod does not give blessings so that you can ask him to give blessings to your neighbor.  He gives blessings so that you can give to your neighbor knowing that he will come through for you even if you don't have a bundle of money and stuff stored away.
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What is your native language? I've studied a few, and may be able to help. E-mail me through the Answers system.\n\n"The tough coughs as he ploughs the dough." No wonder English is so hard to learn!
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1) This was Socrates, and he made this statement at his trial.  (Read the "Apology" by Plato.  Or take my word for it.)  What he meant was something like, "If we just go through life never asking why, what's the point?"  He believed that to truly find "the good life" we need to be willing to ask hard questions and come to know the truth.\n\n2)  This is another statement that leads toward the same basic idea.  The speaker (I can't remember who said this one off the top of my head) is suggesting that we cannot be successful until we come to know who we really are--why we do what we do.  So examining one's self is the first step that we must take if we are to live successful lives.