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Allen Ginsberg
America, why are your libraries full of tears?
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, (Prime Minister of Denmark) Family photo after the European Council meeting in Copenhagen, 13 December 20
Europe is spreading its wings. In freedom. In prosperity. And in peace. It is a truly proud moment for the European Union. It is a triumph for liberty and democracy. To our new members I say: �Warmly welcome to our family�. Our new Europe is born.
Walter Linn
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.
Koran
And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height
Lao-Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Leo C. Rosten
Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.
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Sarah Churchwell: No wonder plagiarism comes naturally to students - The Independent
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:53:00 GMT
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