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| "In the fields of observation chance
favors only the prepared mind." |
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- Louis Pasteur, Inaugural Lecture, University of Lille (7 December 1854).
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| "Few will have the greatness to bend
history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of
events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history
of this generation." |
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- Robert F. Kennedy, "Day of Affirmation" address at
the University of Capetown (6 June 1966).
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| "There are no hopeless situations;
There are only men who have grown hopeless about them." |
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- Clare Boothe Luce, Congresswoman, playwright and diplomat (1903 -
1987).
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| "I always loved change, something new.
Change is a challenge, and excitement." |
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- Dawn Sibley, Executive Vice President, Ally & Gargano
"Working Woman" (May 1988).
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| "If we learn the art of yielding what
must be yielded to the changing present we can save the best of the
past." |
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- Dean Acheson, speech at the Law Club of Chicago (22 January 1937).
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| "We must adjust to changing times and
still hold to unchanging principles." |
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- Jimmy Carter, quoting his high school teacher Julia Coleman,
inaugural address (20 January 1977).
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| "Change is not merely necessary to
life, it is life." |
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| "If you would persuade, you must appeal
to interest rather than intellect." |
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| "Change is not made without
inconvenience, even from worse to better." |
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- Richard Hooker (1554-1600), English theologian. Quoted in: Samuel
Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language, Preface (1755).
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| "As nightfall does not come all at
once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight.
And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the
air — however slight -lest we become unwitting victims of the
darkness." |
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- William O. Douglas, former US Supreme Court Justice
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In
this game, you can create your own characters! |
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| "You can easily judge the character of
others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to
them." |
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| "Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." |
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- Abraham Lincoln, former U.S. President
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| "When a person can give without
thinking of rewards, he is in the first stage of immortality." |
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www.chinainstitute.org |
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| "A true gentlemen is one who is never
intentionally rude." |
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www.amazon.com |
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| "As with most fine things, chocolate
has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to
determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes:
any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time
for chocolate." |
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| "I never met a piece of chocolate I
didn't like." |
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| "Researchers have discovered that
chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as
marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities
between the two, but can't remember what they are." |
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- Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show (22 August 1996).
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Deal
News Network:
This site allows you to search for discount codes to use
at your favorite online store. |
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| "When it comes to your health, I
recommend frequent doses of that rare commodity among Americans —
common sense." |
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- Vincent Askey, speech in Bakersfield, CA (20 October 1960)
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| "I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or
insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me." |
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| "We have only one person to blame, and
that's each other." |
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- Barry Beck, New York Ranger, when asked who started a brawl during
a NHL playoff game.
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Well,
if you've got a computer, is there really a better way to
use it? |
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| "But in our enthusiasm, we could not
resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major
weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new
weaknesses." |
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| "There are two major products that come
out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a
coincidence." |
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A UNIX saleslady, Lenore,
Enjoys work, but she likes the beach more.
She found a good way
To combine work and play:
She sells C shells by the seashore.
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| "The most important thing in the
programming language is the name. A language will not succeed
without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now
I am looking for a suitable language." |
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www.upenn.edu |
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| "Concentration is my motto — first
honesty, then industry, then concentration."
"Concentration: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that
basket." |
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| "When you're afraid, keep your mind on
what you have to do...if you have been thoroughly prepared, you will
not be afraid." |
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| "In the province of the mind, what one
believes to be true either is true or becomes true." |
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| "When every physical and mental
resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies
tremendously." |
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| "I aimed for the public's heart and by
accident I hit it in the stomach." |
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- Upton Sinclair, discussing
The Jungle in his autobiography.
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Your
donations could help dozens of people around the world.
Visit breadandwater.org. |
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| "Courage
is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not the absence of
fear." |
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| "We must all hang together, or
assuredly we shall all hang separately." |
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- Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
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| "For the strength of the pack is the
wolf, for the strength of the wolf is the pack." |
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| "We must have strong minds, ready to
accept facts as they are." |
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| "Tell a man he is brave, and you help
him to become so." |
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- Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist and historian (1795 - 1881).
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| "Dare to dream your dreams, dare to
believe you can achieve your dreams, dare to have faith in yourself,
and dare to love. What have you got to loose? Just a dare." |
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| "Cowards die many times before their
deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."
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| "There is no distinctly American
criminal class, except Congress." |
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| "You can get much further with a kind
word and a gun, than a kind word alone." |
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| "I haven't committed a crime. What I
did was fail to comply with the law." |
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- David Dinkins, former New York City Mayor, answering accusations
that he failed to pay his taxes.
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| "He played the king as if afraid
someone else would play the ace." |
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- John Mason Brown, drama critic
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| "Before you criticize someone, walk a
mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away —
and barefoot." |
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| "I never forget a face, but in your
case I'll make an exception." |
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| "Get your facts first, and then you can
distort them as you please." |
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| "He's the sort of man who, if he kept a
brothel, would bring prostitution into disrepute." |
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| "Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will." |
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www.amazon.com |
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| "If you think nobody cares if you're
alive, try missing a couple of car payments." |
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If I traveled to the end of the rainbow
As Dame Fortune did intend,
Murphy would be there to tell me
The pot's at the other end. |
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| "After all, all he did was string
together a lot of old, well-known quotations." |
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- H. L. Mencken on Shakespeare
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| "In the history of life, no good news
has followed that sentence ['We have to talk.']." |
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- Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman on Mad About You (5 May 1996)
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| "A witty saying proves nothing." |
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| "I phoned my dad to tell him I had
stopped smoking. He called me a quitter." |
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| "Saint: a dead sinner revised and
edited." |
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| "Dreams that do come true can be as
unsettling as those that don't." |
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| "Karate is a form of martial arts in
which people who have had years and years of training can, using only
their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of
the world." |
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| "There's so much comedy on television.
Does that cause comedy in the streets?" |
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- Dick Cavett, mocking the TV-violence debate
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These
guys publish some really gory and death-filled games. |
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| "I am ready to meet my maker. Whether
my maker is ready for the ordeal of meeting me is a different
matter." |
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| "Always read stuff that will make you
look good if you die in the middle of it." |
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| "I've never wished a man to meet his
maker before his time. But, there are a few obituaries that I've
read with approval." |
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- Leslie Nielsen in Clarence Darrow - A One Man Show
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| "It's really very difficult to be a
murderer without killing people from time to time, you know." |
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| "For three days after death, hair and
fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. |
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| "When it comes time to die, be not like
those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their
time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their
lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die
like a hero going home." |
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- Chief Aupumut, 18th Century Mohican leader.
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| "Far more Americans are severely harmed
every year by food poisoning than by illegal drug use. And the
harms caused by food poisoning are usually inadvertent and
unanticipated. People who smoke crack know the potential dangers;
most people who eat hamburgers don't." |
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Upromise
allows you to save money for your child's college
education. |
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| "A dream is the answer to a question we
haven't yet learned how to ask." |
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| "Dreams can be realized if you work
hard." |
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- Warren G. Jackson, President of Circulation Expertise, Ltd.
(April 1988)
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| "Dreams that do come true can be as
unsettling as those that don't." |
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- Brett Butler, American Comedian and Actress
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| "The only limit to our realization of
tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong
and active faith." |
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- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, former U.S. President
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www.800wine.com
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"I feel sorry for people
who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as
they're going to feel all day."
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| "The problem with some
people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober." |
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| "An intelligent man is
sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his
fools." |
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| "Always do sober what
you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep
you're mouth shut." |
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| "You're not drunk if you
can lie on the floor without holding on." |
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| "No amimal ever invented
anything as bad as drunkenness - or as good as drink." |
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| "Time is never wasted
when you're wasted all the time." |
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| "A woman drove me to
drink and I didn't have the decency to thank her."
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| "What
contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" |
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| "Sir, if you were my
husband, I would poison your drink." |
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- Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
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| "Madam, if you were my
wife, I would drink it." |
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| "Work is the curse of
the drinking classes." |
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| "When I read about
the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
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When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven... |
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| "Beauty lies in the hands of the beer
holder." |
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