Sunday, October 19, 2008

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Karin Mei�enburg, translator and author


The stability of the whole is guaranteed by the instability of its parts.

Jonathan Swift


We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love, one another.

Rita Rudner


I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

Chinese Proverb


If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world.

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ECB'S Trichet convinced Strauss-Kahn did not abuse power - Forbes

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:10:00 GMT
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Sunday he was convinced that an investigation into International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn would show he did not abuse power. In an interview on RTL ...

Quotations for Russian Minfin bonds - Interfax Information Agency

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:24:00 GMT
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SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. to Hold 2009 Q1 Earnings Call on Oct ... - MSN MoneyCentral

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:51:00 GMT
HARBIN, China , Oct. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Harbin Mege Union Beauty Management Ltd., wholly owned by SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOKF), a Delaware corporation, announced that it will release 2009 first-quarter ...

Report: Iran's FM says US attempt for security deal with Iraq "futile" - MSN UK News

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:17:00 GMT
Iran's official news agency says foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has called a US plan for a security deal with Iraq futile. The IRNA report on Sunday quotes Mottaki as saying "Iraqi people have announced their opposition to the deal in their ...

HIGHLIGHTS-ECB's Trichet in radio, TV interview - Forbes

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:17:00 GMT
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet was interviewed on Sunday by RTL radio, LCI Television and Le Figaro newspaper. Here are some of the highlights: 'I am convinced that the investigation will show that ...

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Today's Famous Quotations

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Mark Twain


Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger


We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

Mary Hirsch


Humor is a rubber sword--it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage


Few take up the burden of their own victory: most give up their dreams when they become impossible.

Derek Curtis Bok


If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Rudolf Virchow


The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.

Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940


Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

Peter da Silva


Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself.

John L. Casteel


One of the self-authenticating truths which we come at last to acknowledge is this strange fact that we know that for the evil in our lives we ourselves are responsible, but for the good God alone deserves the praise.

Ayn Rand


Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

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Slow Day Creates Ridiculous Conjecture - Bleacherreport.com

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:44:00 GMT
Following an unusually exciting and optimistic international break for English football fans, Friday presented a dull opportunity for the British media to create a sensational ...

The Times explains Shreveport's 2004 airport leases - The Shreveport Times

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:57:00 GMT
Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover is looking for a way out of $1-an-acre mineral leases he calls a bad deal on the part of his predecessor, Mayor Keith Hightower. Glover has hired a ...

Beyond Brushstrokes — By Marivic Rufino: “Quotes on celebrity” - Business World

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:07:00 GMT
Popularity? It’s glory’s small change . — Victor Hugo. The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness. — Daniel J Boorstin. The nice thing about being a ...

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Quotations for Today

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Professor Irwin Corey


Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Richard Lovelace, To Althea from Prison


Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

Robert Solow


It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.

Shantideva


If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

Marcus Tullius Cicero


No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Kin Hubbard


Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Helen Rowland


Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.

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.

Marquis de Vauvenargues


To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather


Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Louis L'Amour


There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

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Chinese Grand Prix - selected driver quotes - Formula 1

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:49:00 GMT
"Fourth place is the best result that we could have hoped for today and so I am therefore extremely satisfied with my race. We had good pace, close to the Ferrari, which is another ...

The Times explains Shreveport's 2004 airport leases - The Shreveport Times

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:57:00 GMT
Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover is looking for a way out of $1-an-acre mineral leases he calls a bad deal on the part of his predecessor, Mayor Keith Hightower. Glover has hired a ...

Allies, enemies - Boston Globe

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:07:00 GMT
Once part of the British Empire, the United States now enfolds its former colonial master beneath the wings of its own empire (or hegemony, for those in denial), furnishing the ...

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Latest Famous Quotations

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Gore Vidal


It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Germaine Greer


Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life.

Unknown


Psychiatry is the care of the id by the odd.

Kelly Marshall


It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.

Harry Emerson Fosdick


He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.

William James


The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

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China Sunday quotes: Honda - Autosport.com

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:25:00 GMT
Rubens Barrichello - 11th: "It was a better race today than some of our recent races but it is disappointing not to have been able to get into the points. I had a great start and first lap where I overtook three cars to move up to 10th and went flat ...

China Sunday quotes: BMW - Autosport.com

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:25:00 GMT
Nick Heidfeld - 5th: "I'm quite happy with today's race. At the start I gained positions and in corner two I overtook Sebastian Vettel on the outside. He touched the rear of my car, but he has already told me it wasn't on purpose and, anyway, nothing ...

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