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National Anthem Contest!
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4/6/2013 11:01:30 PM Posted: 4 years ago What is your favourite national anthem? And Please don't choose it for political reason :D
mine is the Israel, like it or not, I think its anthem is the most beautiful I ever heard. |
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4/7/2013 12:07:42 AM Posted: 4 years ago The American national anthem is the best in my opinion.
"In case anyone hasn't noticed it, the West is in extremis. The undertaker is checking his watch at the foot of its bed, and there's a sinister kettle of croaking, money-feathered vultures on the roof." |
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4/7/2013 2:49:01 AM Posted: 4 years ago Have you ever heard of a country called m"u xanh đN45;t? In English it means, blue land, since they are a coastal nation.
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4/7/2013 11:41:06 AM Posted: 4 years ago Women have an unfair advantage over men: If they can"t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. |
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4/7/2013 11:51:06 AM Posted: 4 years ago I've always found Japan's to be very stirring.
"See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |
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4/8/2013 10:25:02 AM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/7/2013 11:51:06 AM, Skepsikyma wrote: It certainly is beautiful, too bad that it's not exactly politically correct in Japan. |
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4/10/2013 7:04:19 PM Posted: 4 years ago The anthem of Vietnam was written by metalheads.
"Our flag, red with the blood of victory, bears the spirit of the country." "The distant rumbling of the guns mingles with our marching song." "The path to glory is built by the bodies of our foes." "For too long have we swallowed our hatred. Be ready for all sacrifices." GRAND POOBAH OF DDO fnord |
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4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM Posted: 4 years ago No russian anthem, no british, no french?.....what's wrong with you people?
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly with the chain of their own ideas" - Michel Foucault |
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4/10/2013 7:30:52 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: I've always thought that "I Vow to Thee, My Country" would make a much more beautiful anthem than "God Save the King/Queen" I <3 Holst. "See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |
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4/10/2013 7:35:40 PM Posted: 4 years ago Another one I like that I had forgotten about:
"See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |
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4/10/2013 7:41:57 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/10/2013 7:30:52 PM, Skepsikyma wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: It's beautiful, but not quite anthemic. I wonder why Holt put it right in the middle of Jupiter from The Planets. "A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly with the chain of their own ideas" - Michel Foucault |
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4/10/2013 7:52:39 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/10/2013 7:41:57 PM, 000ike wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:30:52 PM, Skepsikyma wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: It was the other way around, actually. He wrote the Planets, then found a poem which matched the chorale from Jupiter almost perfectly. He asked the author, tweaked his music, and then made it into a hymn. "See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |
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4/12/2013 2:40:47 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: Russian is my second,third is french, and fourth is Brit :D |
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4/12/2013 2:43:00 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/10/2013 7:41:57 PM, 000ike wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:30:52 PM, Skepsikyma wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: Now put it with Civ. coat.. |
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4/12/2013 4:02:41 PM Posted: 4 years ago At 4/12/2013 2:43:00 PM, suttichart.denpruektham wrote:Yeees. I love playing Lizzy in Civ V island maps. My first exposure to the tune actually took place while dismantling Russia with an immense flotilla of ships-of-the-line.At 4/10/2013 7:41:57 PM, 000ike wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:30:52 PM, Skepsikyma wrote:At 4/10/2013 7:08:36 PM, 000ike wrote: "See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |
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4/20/2013 6:44:22 PM Posted: 4 years ago I'm probably a bit biased, but I still love America's National Anthem.
I remember seeing this one live. Very moving :) The problem with socialism is that, sooner or later, you run out of people's money."_Margaret Thatcher "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."_Thomas Jefferson "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."_Thomas Jefferson "It is easier to fool someone than to convince them that they have been fooled."-Mark Twain |