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Fishing lessons

Posted by Marcus on January 27, 2001

In Reply to: Fishing lessons posted by NeilB on January 27, 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.'

:give a man a fish and he will eat all day, teach a man to fish and he will stay busy.

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