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William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 1 scene 3


My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

Marcus Aelius Aurelius


How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

John G. Vance


Remember that it is far better to follow well than to lead indifferently.

Sir Richard Francis Burton


Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

From the last episode of "Cheers"


Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.

Ben Hecht


In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.

Srully D. Blotnick


What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life.

Vladimir Nabokov


My loathings are simple stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

Dan Quayle


The future will be better tomorrow.

Joachim Du Bellay, Sonnet de Regrets


Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!

Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke


Millions must plough and forge and dig in order that a few thousand may write and paint and study.

Bill Vaughan


A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

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Pakistani detective who solved Pearl case probes Bhutto murder ...

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:17:00 GMT
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Quotes about Reach

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. - Helen Keller
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love’s reach. - Margaret Cho
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that ...]

Kolkata schools to have close-circuit TVs

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:18:00 GMT
Hindustan Times - It has decided to instal close-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in all common areas, except the classroom, teachers’ room and toilets. “We are taking quotations from some companies and will soon finalise the deal. With incidents like this (in ...

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Daily Quotations

Today's Quotations:

Carol Burnett


Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

Sir John Holt


The reason of a resolution is more to be considered than the resolution itself.

Real Live Preacher, weblog, 04-29-04


Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.

Menander, Unidentified fragment


I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Alfred Lord Tennyson


If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of.

Vernon Law


Experience is the worst teacher it gives the test before presenting the lesson.

Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane, Part II


Scorching my seared heart with a pain, not hell shall make me fear again.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.

Hellen Keller


We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Will Rogers


I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.

Porterfield


The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.

Lee Iacocca


If you want to make good use of your time, you�ve got to know what�s most important and then give it all you�ve got.

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Bond Quotes

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:00 +0000
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith. - Bertrand Russell V. Delong
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. ...]

3 Boat Quotes

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0000
We are living in a day of self-seeking and irresponsibility, even in Christian circles. Few indeed are the Christian believers who have truly laid their all on the altar for Christ. Few are the spiritual leaders who truly put God FIRST . Rather they think first, albeit subconsciously, of their positions, popularity, salaries and the ...]

Microsoft to buy Fast Search and Transfer for agreed 6.6 bln nkr ...

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:24:00 GMT
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Italy Q3 public deficit 0.5 pct of GDP vs 6.2 pct year earlier UPDATE

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:24:00 GMT
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Today's Famous Quotations

Famous Quotations:

Pam Brown


Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Charles E. Wilson


But I have always liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed dogs myself--you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.

Honorat de Bueil, Marquis de Racan


Nothing in the world lasts Save eternal change.

Benjamin Franklin


Dost thou love life? Than do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.

Claude Levi-Strauss


The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

Thomas Jefferson


One man with courage is a majority.

George Dennison Prentice


We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable.

Stephen Hawking


We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Meryl Streep


Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life.

Craig Claiborne


For those who love it, cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

Fran Lebowitz


Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

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Bid-Rig Scheme Involved Marsh, Suit Claims

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:52:00 GMT
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Coat donation boxes full at Minot locations

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:57:00 GMT
Minot Daily News - One of my favorite quotations is that quote by Gandhi that says that you must be the change you wish to see in the world, and people have need and we can make a difference,” she said. “People can make a difference in small ways.” To learn more ...

Bid-Rig Scheme Involved Marsh, Suit Claims

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:52:00 GMT
CFO.com - Professional Risk Brokers Inc., a subsidiary that provides coverage quotations to brokers on Great American's behalf, was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The complaint seeks restitution, attorneys’ fees, civil penalties, and a court order ...

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Quotes for Today

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Cervantes


Short sentences drawn from long experiences.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Sir Winston Churchill


If heaven is going to be full of people like Hardie, well, the Almighty can have them to himself.

Unknown


Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Jeff Melvoin


It's cabin fever season people, that time of year when four walls feel like they're going to come in here and choke the spirit right out of you. Time to lock away those firearms and hang tough. No way through it except to do it.

Raul Armesto


The world isn�t interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.

Napolean Hill


Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Jules Renard


There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

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The Woman Hater

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:51:00 GMT
Guardian Unlimited - Her only problem is a bad memory which, as she says, "puzzles my quotations abominably". Played by Auriol Smith in a constant verbal dither, she becomes a great comic creation to set alongside the word-mangling Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals. While ...

ITEX Advises Shareholders to Take No Action at This Time in Response ...

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:03:00 GMT
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Bid-Rig Scheme Involved Marsh, Suit Claims

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:52:00 GMT
CFO.com - Professional Risk Brokers Inc., a subsidiary that provides coverage quotations to brokers on Great American's behalf, was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The complaint seeks restitution, attorneys’ fees, civil penalties, and a court order ...

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Great Famous Quotations

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Titus Livius


I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them.

Henry David Thoreau


We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

Ronald Reagan


Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

Ralph Kiner


Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.

Katherine Hepburn


If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:32:00 GMT
Reuters - NAIROBI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Tuesday it would only hold talks with President Mwai Kibaki as part of international mediation efforts to end post-election unrest that has killed hundreds of people. Kibaki and his rival Raila ...

3 Boat Quotes

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0000
We are living in a day of self-seeking and irresponsibility, even in Christian circles. Few indeed are the Christian believers who have truly laid their all on the altar for Christ. Few are the spiritual leaders who truly put God FIRST . Rather they think first, albeit subconsciously, of their positions, popularity, salaries and the ...]

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