Monday, November 03, 2008

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James Thurber


A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

Cicero


What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

Saint Francis de Sales


When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

Rene Descartes


The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.

Igor Stravinsky


I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'

Madame de Tencin


Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

Rita Rudner


Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.

Isha McKenzie-Mavinga


On reflection, one of the things I needed to learn was to allow myself to be loved.

Brian Lindsay


Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best you can be is a goal that you can set for yourself.

Eric Hoffer


The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

Andy Warhol


In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.

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Will open source save Sun...in time? - CNET News

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:41:00 GMT
I was in Boston last week meeting customers. One of them, a senior IT executive at a large financial services company, asked me about Sun. "Matt, I know you're into open source. I ...

Crude oil prices fall Monday - United Press International

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:46:00 GMT
Quotes delayed at least 20 mins. (UPI Photo Files) NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell sharply on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as a business survey suggested ...

Central bank governor: Romanian economy unaffected by financial ... - Xinhua News Agency

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:00 GMT
BUCHAREST, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Romanian economy steered clear of the international financial turmoil, but it will feel the indirect effects, National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu on ...

Ukrainian News Agency - Ukrainian News

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:01:00 GMT
On Monday, the interbank hryvnia rate rose by 10 kopecks to 5.85 UAH/USD after an increase on Friday. According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading ...

Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:23:00 GMT
"He's patriotic. As a soldier, he came here to destroy my country, but I admire his dignity.'' -- Le Lan Anh, a Hanoi real estate tycoon and novelist, speaking about Republican ...

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W.H. Auden


Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Orson Welles


I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Hasidic Saying


Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.

Shakespeare, Hamlet III, iv, 156-160.


O, throw away the worser part of it, And live the purer with the other half.

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A.M. Best Comments on Acquisition of GMAC RE, LLC and Renewal Rights ... - MSN MoneyCentral

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:33:00 GMT
A.M. Best Co. has commented that the ratings of Maiden Insurance Company, Ltd. (Maiden) remain unchanged following the recent announcement that the parent holding company, Maiden ...

Sideswipe: Tuesday - New Zealand Herald

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:09:00 GMT
An ironic sign from Thailand. Kiwi Speak is a stocking-filler book by Justin Brown that celebrates how New Zealanders really speak, then and now, with heaps of home-grown sayings ...

Canadian dollar opens at 83.72 cents US, up 0.70 of a cent - Canada East

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:06:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 83.72 cents US this morning, up 0.70 of a cent from Friday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.1945 cents, down one cent. Pound sterling ...

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Fernandez de Andrada


For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Robertson Davies, "A Voice from the Attic", 1960


The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Reggie Jackson


Fans don't boo nobodies.

William Congreve


All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

John Quinton


Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, they go out and buy more tunnel.

John Ray


Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

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We’re ready for probe – Bankole, others - Punch

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:54:00 GMT
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Sunday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences ...

Quotes of the week - Argus Leader

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT
The rain - and the subsequent mud - is preventing Brian Woldt from discovering whether his suspicions about this year's corn crop being an excellent one are true. Says the ...

QUOTES: "I just stepped up" - Stanford.scout.com

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:19:00 GMT
“I am really proud of our team and our coaches. As everyone saw, everything wasn’t going perfectly and it wasn’t clicking exactly; it was hard. Coach (Dennis) Erickson had ...

(Adds quotes from Fillon, reaction from SocGen, background) - Reuters

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:45:00 GMT
PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The French government may take direct stakes in banks that have benefited from public bailout packages if they do not open up lending to companies, Prime ...

Countries hit by falling commodity prices - star.com.my

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:22:00 GMT
Malaysia has been affected by the fall in prices of export commodities like petroleum, palm oil and rubber. Many developing countries are hit by the end of the commodity boom ...