Famous Quotes Update

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Samuel Butler


All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3


Though inclination be as sharp as will,
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And, like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect.

Hartley Coleridge


She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me;
Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,
A well of love, a spring of light.


Lord Chesterfield


Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

John Gay


The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

Buddha


It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

James Thurber


The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

Richard Milhous Nixon


I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

William Hazlitt


We often choose a friend as we do a mistress -- for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.

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Northwestern reviews quotes used by dean (The Charlotte Observer)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:07:05 GMT
Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill's alumni magazine last year. One of the quotes, attributed to a Medill junior, praised a particular advertising class, saying in part: ...

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Northwestern Reviews Dean's Use Of Anonymous Quote (CBS 2 Chicago)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:24:35 GMT
Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism.

Quotes from the 2008 candidates (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:51:11 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic and Republican candidates on Tuesday.

Northwestern reviews quotes used by dean (The Charlotte Observer)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:07:05 GMT
Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill's alumni magazine last year. One of the quotes, attributed to a Medill junior, praised a particular advertising class, saying in part: ...

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