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Woodrow Wilson, Speech in Philadelphia, May 10, 1915


There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight; there is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.

E. B. White


Heredity is a strong factor, even in architecture. Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

Dan Quayle, 09/88


People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Andrew Schneider


As a doctor, as a man of science, I can tell you there is no such thing as curses Everything just happens as a question of probability. The statistical likelihood of a specific event.

Henry Drummond


Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

GB Shaw


When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Author Unknown


A fellow who says he has never told a lie has just told one.

Russell Green


The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet


For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

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I never demanded Laxman's removal: Afridi - MSN India Cricket

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:49:00 GMT
Karachi: Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to clarify that he never demanded removal of Deccan Chargers' captain VVS Laxman and claimed his remarks that the ...

Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:23:00 GMT
"It's unfortunate that holding your own is a plus. By not falling on her face, she looked good." — Mike Morse on GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's performance in her ...

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations � Book Six


Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


I think in one of my previous lives I was a mighty king, because I like people to do what I say.

Marcel Marceau


Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words

George Eliot


To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

Leigh Hunt


Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.

Alden Nowlan


The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult the day he forgives himself he becomes wise.

William Shakespeare, Epitaph on his gravestone


Cursed be he that moves my bones.

Andre Bernard Buruch


To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

Lord Acton


Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Peter Gabriel


Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Miguel de Cervantes


I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

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Recipes from friends - High Plains Journal

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:28:00 GMT
Good recipes keep popping up all over and this one popped all the way from a publication called "Middle School Madness." My niece who lives in Jordan, Minn., has loved to cook ...

Stevens, Begich camps fight over debate issue - Anchorage Daily News

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:39:00 GMT
The Begich and Stevens campaigns have been at war the last couple of days over a debate challenge issued by the Begich camp. Begich said Stevens was refusing to agree to a face-off ...

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Bertrand Russell


The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

Edward R. Murrow


To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.

Robert Louis Stephenson


We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy


If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

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First bench dedicated at Gulf Beach - Amity Observer

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:44:00 GMT
A new bench at Gulf Beach bears the words “Love grows best by giving it,” and marks the first bench dedicated under a new city-organized program. Friends and family of the late ...

Essam Youssef’s novel gives a new perspective on the neglect... - Egypt Today

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:42:00 GMT
“I’ve been writing since I was 18. I read first for pleasure, answers, escape, to encounter my selves in various disguises, and the next step was to unpack my own impressions ...

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Tim McGraw


We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we all take a little of each other everywhere.

R. W. Emerson


Nothing great was ever acheived without enthusiasm.

Stephen Jay Gould


The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

George Gordon Byron


Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given To lift from earth our low desire.

Horace


I will not add another word.

Antione de St. Exupery, The Little Prince


It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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London Stock Exchange quotations - Monsters and Critics

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:47:00 GMT
FT-100 Index 5,236.26 (- 75.07) (- 1.41%) BAT Industries 1,768.00 (- 37.00) (- 2.05%) BP Amoco 500.25 (+ 10.00) (+ 2.04%) Diageo 979.00 (- 50.00) (- 4.86%) HSBC Holdings 866.50 (- 53.00) (- 5.76%) Prudential 557.00 (- 43.00) (- 7.17%) R.Dutch Shell ...

A History Lesson for Huckabee: I Don't Think Lincoln Said That - US News and World Report

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:57:00 GMT
ST. PAUL—One sign of a historic figure's greatness is the quotations that are incorrectly attributed to him. Take Abraham Lincoln . Speaking to the Republican National Convention this evening, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee attributed to ...

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Famous Quotes:

Glen Beaman


Stubborness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow.

Marie Beyon Ray


Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

Dan Bellack


Life is too short for traffic.

Sidney Madwed


If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

Isaac Stern


There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

Benjamin Disraeli


The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

John Adams, Journal, 1772


There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Martin Luther


Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Unknown


What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.

Samuel Butler


Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Michel de Montaigne


The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

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Sampo's Icelandic investor happy with stake-paper - Forbes

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:38:00 GMT
HELSINKI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The largest investor in Finnish insurer Sampo, Iceland's Exista, has no plans to sell its stake despite the financial turbulence that has rocked other Icelandic companies. 'Exista is content with its investment in Sampo ...

Bailey gets deal on birthday, but roster spot? - Newsday

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:16:00 GMT
On his 19th birthday yesterday, Islanders first-round draft pick Josh Bailey received the gift of a lifetime - a three-year NHL entry-level contract. Even though Bailey has been limited by a minor injury to just one preseason appearance, general ...

Vice presidential debate quotes from Biden, Palin - FOX News

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:03:00 GMT
BIDEN: "Barack Obama offered a clear plan. Shift responsibility to Iraqis over the next 16 months. Draw down our combat troops. Ironically the same plan that (Nouri al-) Maliki, the prime minister of Iraq and George Bush are now negotiating. The only ...

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