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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev


Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.

Melchior De Polignac


To err is human.
(Errare Humanum Est)

R. Buckminster Fuller


I am the only guinea pig I have.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice


You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Shimon Peres


Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)

Dee Wallace Stone


We create our lives a thought at a time. And sometimes, it comes down to changing a thought such as 'Why did this happen to me' into 'There is a divine plan and there is a reason for this, and my choice is to create the most positive reaction I can.'

Alfred A. Montapert


The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is an attitude.

William Congreve, Love for Love (1695)


He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

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There’s Something Weird With My Hair, Right? - Defamer.com

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:16:00 GMT
Leaving his Manhattan apartment, Tom Cruise claimed that his edgy and stylized haircut was not the result of months of focus group testing, but rather the result of sleeping on the ...

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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:14:00 GMT
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Another tender tantrum rocks hockey and athletics - Sri Lanka Sunday Times

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:08:00 GMT
`A tender to lay and maintain the Artificial Hockey Turf ground and a 400 metre eight lane Synthetic track at Torrington has been cancelled in a controversial manner without giving ...

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Soren Kierkegaard


People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Jeff Marder


We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.

Thomas Jefferson


Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Mentat Prayer


It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.

Jay Leno


You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.

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Jail term upheld for postal scam architect - Thanhnien

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:05:00 GMT
However, it reduced jail terms for several state officials involved to 14 months, and suspended sentences for some. The appeals court confirmed the 26-year jail term handed down ...

Talladega II: Dodge teams qualifying quotes - Motorsport.com

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:14:00 GMT
"Our lap was uneventful. I just tried to hold a pretty steady wheel. We ran laps yesterday in practice in traffic and the car could be quicker. For qualifying, we just wanted to ...

The art of investing - Focus Infomation

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:16:00 GMT
Sofia. Nine of the 63 mutual funds and investment companies for which data could be found in the website of the Bulgarian Association of Management Companies, reported positive ...

Afghan campaign 'not doomed' - Guardian Unlimited

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:47:00 GMT
The Government has denied a claim that it believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure. The denial came after a French newspaper quoted a report that London's ...

24-Hour Room Service: O'Fabulous, Ardara, Co Donegal, Ireland - The Independent

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:41:00 GMT
The small, bustling town of Ardara has long been welcoming tourists on the coast of County Donegal, and for decades its attractions have been as predictable as they have been ...

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Quotations for Today

Today's Quotations:

Plato, Dialogues, Parmenides


You cannot conceive the many without the one.

Chinese Proverb


Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Henry David Thoreau


Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Rose Cherin


Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.

Oscar Wilde


Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.

Henry Cate VII


The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

Henry Louis Mencken


School days are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.

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Metrolink Witnesses: Signal Was Green Before Crash - CBS 2 KCAL 9

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:51:00 GMT
Three witnesses, including the security guard at the Chatsworth Metrolink Station, insist that Train 111 had a green signal to proceed just before it slammed head-on into a freight ...

Afghan campaign 'not doomed' - Guardian Unlimited

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
The Government has denied a claim that it believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure. The denial came after a French newspaper quoted a report that London's ...

Bill Clinton looks backward - Salon

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:57:00 GMT
Hillary Clinton, with husband Bill Clinton, prepares to give a victory speech Jan. 19 after the Democratic caucuses in Las Vegas. Jan. 25, 2008 | CHARLESTON, S.C. -- "We knew ...

The Most Standard Unit - Kommersant

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:57:00 GMT
Standard monetary units are not a Russian invention (see the reference). However, none of the standard currencies used in international practice have ever penetrated so extensively ...

Indonesia lifts ban on YouTube - Daily Telegraph

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:33:00 GMT
Indonesia's Internet service providers have restored access to YouTube and MySpace after a ban on the sites for carrying a controversial film. The film , by a Dutch politician ...

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Thomas Carlyle


Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.

Phyllis George


The most popular labor-saving device is still money.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


If you're a circus clown, and you have a dog that you use in your act, I don't think it's a good idea to also dress the dog up like a clown, because people see that and they think, 'Forgive me, but that's just too much.'

Frank Zappa


Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Claude Pepper


The mistake a lot of politicians make is forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

James Ramsey


It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.

Dolly Parton


It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do.

Sallust, The War with Catiline


The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", Act 2 scene 1


Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

I Ching


Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none.

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JOANN FITZPATRICK: Roots of anger easy to find on Main Street - Patriot Ledger

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT
‘We’re all in this together.” That’s the implicit understanding of this mammoth financial crisis. It’s what the chief bailers want you to think. But it’s telling that ...

Official: NATO Will Fail Against Taliban - Post Chronicle

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:36:00 GMT
A leaked French diplomatic cable quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail. The New York Times ...

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Today's Quotes:

Dave Meurer


A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

Andrew Schneider


What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why I don't know. Biological imperative Divine law Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Wendell Berry


To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Henry Ward Beecher


Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago


If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insiduously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to seperate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus


Whatever happens it all happens as it should thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely.

Romanian Proverb


An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.

Author Unknown


Vacant minds must have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class bodies on them.

Plato


The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs when he first appears he is a protector.

Nelson Rockefeller


Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

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Leader: The fruitless hunt for more stuff - Church Times

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:40:00 GMT
THE Revd Tim Hastie-Smith quoted a range of sources in his chairman’s address to the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference on Monday evening, from Alexander ...

Penn Treaty Trades as PTYA on OTC - PR Newswire

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:50:00 GMT
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Penn Treaty American Corporation (OTC: PTYA) today announced that its shares of common stock are available for trade on the over ...

Pope John Paul II's compassion for Jews on display at Skirball - Los Angeles Times

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:11:00 GMT
As a young boy in Poland before World War II, Karol Jozef Wojtyla possessed an uncommon warmth for an often reviled group of outsiders -- Jews. Like most others in his hometown ...

Leader: The fruitless hunt for more stuff - Church Times

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:40:00 GMT
THE Revd Tim Hastie-Smith quoted a range of sources in his chairman’s address to the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference on Monday evening, from Alexander ...

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Milan Kundera


Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Chuck Reid


In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice In practice, there is.

George Bernard Shaw


He who has never hoped can never despair.

Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, December 2003


I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

Marlene Dietrich


Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Stanislaw Lem


Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.

Francis Bacon


It is impossible to love and to be wise.

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Sarah Palin didn't change much after all - Daily Telegraph

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:08:00 GMT
And now for a test: which one of the following two Sarah Palin quotations is real, and which one is a parody? Both are answers to a question about the Republican vice-presidential candidate's claim that, as Governor of Alaska, she has some special ...

Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations - Monsters and Critics

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:35:00 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: #> DAX 5,797.03 (+ 136.40) MDAX 6,713.09 (- 32.01) Adidas 37.18 (+ 0.29) Allianz 99.09 (+ 4.36 ...

SlingCatcher links PC, DVR and TV all on 1 screen - Seattle Times

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMT
Device makers have long been trying to link computers and TVs only to find little interest from consumers for their products. But an upcoming device from Sling Media may get a better reception. Sometime this month, the Foster City, Calif., company ...

Jail term upheld for postal scam architect - Thanhnien

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:05:00 GMT
However, it reduced jail terms for several state officials involved to 14 months, and suspended sentences for some. The appeals court confirmed the 26-year jail term handed down this May by the Court of First Instance in the southern Dong Nai ...

In quotes: Mandelson reaction - BBC News

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:57:00 GMT
Serious people are needed for serious times... Peter Mandelson has proved himself as commissioner in the last few years as someone of great distinction. What i've decided is what I believe is in the national interest... He's got an unrivalled ...

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