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Fishing lessons

Posted by NeilB on January 27, 2001

In Reply to: Fishing lessons posted by R. Berg on January 26, 2001

: : : I need an author for, "Some people talk in their sleep.
: : : Lecturers talk while other people sleep"

: : : can anyone tell me who wrote it?
: : : if you get this one, try helping me with my other two. thanks, joy

: : Hello Joy,
: : I helped you with the other 2.
: : I will help you with this one also if you need me to help you but here are directions to try it yourself. It is very simple:

: : First, go to: www.google.com

: : Secondly, enter just a portion of your phrase in quotation marks into the search box:
: : "Lecturers talk while other people sleep"

: : Thirdly, hit your "enter" key! :)

: :
: : There is a quote out there along the lines of showing someone how to fish instead of always finding the fish for you or something like that!

: : If you still cant find it I will post it for you if you let me know.

: It goes about like this, or maybe exactly like this: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life."

Or 'Give a man a fish and it will feed him for a day, teach him to use the net and he will starve to death over his screen.'

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