What would happen if...

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ZiaLand
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Re: What would happen if...

Postby ZiaLand » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:23 pm

Sam wrote:...there is a fine line between dream and delusion.


Now there's a GREAT quote! I'm adding that to my quote collection...to one day grace the walls of my barn office with tidbits of horse industry philosophy and wisdom. 8)

Good one, Sam.

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Postby dray33 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:00 pm

Sam wrote:The point I was trying to make is that a cheap horse with almost always be a cheap horse, no matter what you do.


I would rather look at it like this: A cheap horse will almost always be a cheap horse unless you do something to change it.

And searching for the elusive something can be the thing, can it not?

Just a thought.

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Re: What would happen if...

Postby dray33 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:02 pm

Sam wrote:there is a fine line between dream and delusion.


There is a huge line. It gets drawn right about the time that the dream proves factually to be unobtainable.

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Re: What would happen if...

Postby dray33 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:07 pm

ZiaLand wrote:Now there's a GREAT quote! I'm adding that to my quote collection...to one day grace the walls of my barn office with tidbits of horse industry philosophy and wisdom.


Try this one:

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark".

-Michelangelo