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Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Dr. Martin Henry Fischer


Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

Aristotle


To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

Francis Bacon


Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

George Santayana


Music is essentially useless, as life is but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

Tom Stoppard, "Artist Descending a Staircase"


Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

William Blake


I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Orson Scott Card


Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Anton Chekhov


Man is what he believes.

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Pound Nears Record Low Versus Yen on Nationalization Concerns - Bloomberg

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:49:00 GMT
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The pound declined for a fourth day against the yen, trading near a record low, on speculation a deepening financial crisis will force the U.K. government to seize control of the country’s banks. The pound was also close to a ...

Canadian dollar closed at 79.76 cents US, up 0.13 of a cent - Canada East

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:47:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 79.76 cents US, up 0.13 of a cent on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 125.37 cents Canadian, down 0.21 of a cent. Pound sterling closed C$1.7416, down 3.95 cents and US$1.3892, down 0.87 of a cent. The euro ...

Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:28:00 GMT
"What an opportunity we have to change this country.'' -- President Barack Obama on his first day in the White House. "I've run out of tears. ... That's why I came today. Even if (Tian) dies a hundred times over, it won't lessen our hate.'' -- Zheng ...

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Young ears like the sound of Obama's somber speech - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:41:00 GMT
From where I stood on the lawn below the magnificent, gleaming white capitol building, Barack Obama was just a tiny, indistinct figure at the center of a spectacular scene. Huge flags hung between marble columns. Red, white and blue bunting draped ...

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Anon.


We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.

Solomon Short


I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Guy Davenport


Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.

Hannah Nixon


I am sure you will be guided right in your decision, to place implicit faith in his integrity and honesty. Best wishes from one who has known Richard longer than anyone else. His mother.

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Visit of Raul Castro to Russia - Pravda

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:18:00 GMT
Cuban President Raul Castro will pay a state visit to Russia at the end of January. President Dmitry Medvedev extended the invitation to Mr. Castro when he visited Cuba on his recent Latin America tour. Russian and Cuban deputy foreign ministers met ...

Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:57:00 GMT
The world's top mobile phone maker, Nokia Corp said its profits fell 69 per cent in the fourth quarter as the economic downturn slowed handset sales. Net profit was 576 million euros ($A1.13 billion), down from 1.84 billion euros ($A3.61 billion) in ...

Show all 29 comments - Portland Press Herald

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:00 GMT
A huge hotel blocking a beautiful view of the Penobscot. Courtesy of all the money dumped into the slot suckers that will give you back just enough to keep you there feeding them until you realize that you just blew your mortgage payment for next ...

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Francis Bacon


A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Dean Inge


A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbors.

Francis Bacon


In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy but in passing it over, he is superior.

Washington Irving


Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way throughout a thousand obstacles.

George Bernard Shaw


The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.

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Religious Leaders Don't Think Obama’s Mention of ‘Non-Believers ... - CNS News

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:54:00 GMT
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, and Chief Justice John Roberts during swearing-in ceremony (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - Conservative religious leaders say they don’t believe that President Obama intended to signal a ...

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Quotes of the week - Citizen.co.za

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:00 GMT
JOHANNESBURG - A selection of quotes of southern African interest. “Now what we would not want is criticism that goes to the integrity of a person, a drunk or counter-revolutionary, whatever, those are things we don’t expect to hear from the ...

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Albert Einstein


God may be subtle, but He isn't mean.

Lois McMaster Bujold


Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do neccesary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.

Unknown


Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

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