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Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

Alfred North Whitehead


Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Sonia Taitz


What children take from us, they giveWe become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply.

American Proverb


Advice is least heeded when most needed.

Mark Twain


At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man: scorned, ridiculed and forgotten. When his cause succeeds, however, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

Virginia


If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

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Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:28:00 GMT
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist." — President Barack Obama in his ...

ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST - The Chronicle Herald

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:33:00 GMT
BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Jill Eikenberry was born in New Haven, Conn., on this date in 1947. This birthday gal is probably best remembered for her Golden Globe winning role as lawyer Ann Kelsey on the hit legal series L.A. Law in which she appeared as ...

Brazil Ctrl Bk To Roll Over Up To $2.5B In Forex Swaps Wed - Wall Street Journal

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:42:00 GMT
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's central bank said it will offer up to $2.5 billion of swap contracts Wednesday to roll over foreign-exchange ... New! To sign up for Keyword or Symbol Alerts click here. To view or change all of your email settings ...

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Lou Holtz


You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Cicero


A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Aubrey Menen


The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes.

H.G. Wells


Advertising is legalized lying.

Big Daddy Lipscomb


I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him I keep.

Michael Levine, Lessons at the Halfway Point


Successful people are very lucky. Just ask any failure.

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Cook: Kaka's dad got too greedy - Irish Times

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:05:00 GMT
Garry Cook claims the decision to lure Kaka to Manchester City boiled down to money - and says the AC Milan forward's father was greedy. Manchester City executive chairman Cook and the City delegation flew home from Milan on Monday night having ...

Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:14:00 GMT
CBH Resources Ltd has dropped its $31.4 million all-scrip bid for Perilya Ltd after the Takeovers Panel declined to intervene in the target's plans to hand its reins to a Chinese party through a share placement. Despite having substantial debt itself ...

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Sir Winston Churchill


All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

John Wooden


Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Franklin P. Jones


Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

English Proverb


The shortest answer is doing.

Thich Nhat Hanh


Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

Samuel Hazo


Expect everything, and anything seems nothing. Expect nothing, and anything seems everything.

Margaret Hilda Thatcher


To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

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.

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Letters to Michelle Obama collected into a book - Columbia Missourian

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:01:00 GMT
BUFFALO, N.Y. One letter is signed "with a grateful heart." "When I look at you, I see me," reads another. The letters, solicited by two University at Buffalo scholars soon after the election, have been compiled into a book, "Go, Tell Michelle ...

Woodbury Selectmen Approve - TriVallyCentral

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:05:00 GMT
WOODBURY - William Scanlan, AICP, was unanimously approved as the consultant charged with revising the town's Plan of Conservation and Development, at the Thursday, January 8, Board of Selectmen meeting. According to the meeting minutes, Mr. Scanlan ...

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