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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
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Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
William Penn
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
Xenophon
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
Teena Booth
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright's incendiary quotes illuminate chasm between races (Dallas Morning News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:03:48 GMT
The incendiary quotes of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright were like the O.J. Simpson verdict: a cultural lightning bolt illuminating a chasm between the races, followed by thunderous arguments.
FACTBOX-Quotes from Iraq commander's testimony (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:31:00 GMT
(Reuters) - Gen.
In quotes: Candidates on Iraq report (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:56:06 GMT
Front-runners in the race to be the next US president give their response to Gen Petraeus's progress report on Iraq
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Straight to the Famous Quotes ...
Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
William Penn
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
Xenophon
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
Teena Booth
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright's incendiary quotes illuminate chasm between races (Dallas Morning News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:03:48 GMT
The incendiary quotes of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright were like the O.J. Simpson verdict: a cultural lightning bolt illuminating a chasm between the races, followed by thunderous arguments.
FACTBOX-Quotes from Iraq commander's testimony (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:31:00 GMT
(Reuters) - Gen.
In quotes: Candidates on Iraq report (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:56:06 GMT
Front-runners in the race to be the next US president give their response to Gen Petraeus's progress report on Iraq
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Latest greatest Famous Quotations
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.
Tallulah Bankhead
It's the good girls who keep diaries the bad girls never have the time.
George Barrell Cheever
Faith in tomorrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition.
George Sarton, History of Science
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.
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USDA Chicago Terminal Grain - Apr 8 (INO News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:18:17 GMT
GX_GR110 Springfield, IL Tue, Apr 08, 2008 USDA-IL Market News Chicago terminal grain report To Arrive Truck and Rail Bids for Grain Delivered to Chicago. The following quotations represent Bids ($/ bu) from Terminal Elevators, Processors, Mills, and Merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. today.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:31:07 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX 6,771.98 (-49.05) MDAX8,939.19 (- 178.98) Adidas 41.82 (-0.47) Allianz 131.89 (-1.32) BASF ...
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Here are the Famous Quotations ...
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.
Tallulah Bankhead
It's the good girls who keep diaries the bad girls never have the time.
George Barrell Cheever
Faith in tomorrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition.
George Sarton, History of Science
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.
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USDA Chicago Terminal Grain - Apr 8 (INO News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:18:17 GMT
GX_GR110 Springfield, IL Tue, Apr 08, 2008 USDA-IL Market News Chicago terminal grain report To Arrive Truck and Rail Bids for Grain Delivered to Chicago. The following quotations represent Bids ($/ bu) from Terminal Elevators, Processors, Mills, and Merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. today.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:31:07 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX 6,771.98 (-49.05) MDAX8,939.19 (- 178.98) Adidas 41.82 (-0.47) Allianz 131.89 (-1.32) BASF ...
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Daily Famous Quotations
Christopher Darlington Morley
There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Marvin Gaye
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
Helen Keller
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.
Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
John Barrymore, last words
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
Agatha Christie, Autobiography (1977)
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.
Josh Billings
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Walt Whitman
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.
I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he did.
Michel de Montaigne
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
Dr. Robert Schuller
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
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Fine silver quotations Tuesday: $18.64 ounce (Canadian Business)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:49:48 GMT
The Canadian Press April 8, 2008 - 1:43 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Tuesday $18.64 oz., $599.28 kg.; Monday $19.165 oz., $616.15 kg.
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: APRIL 09 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:10:04 GMT
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.
FACTBOX-U.S. presidential candidates' quotes on Iraq (AlertNet)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:18:44 GMT
Source: Reuters April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton pushed competing positions on Iraq during hearings on Tuesday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Can't find stock quotes? Call the Central Library (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:50:00 GMT
It is tax season, and many individuals are trying to find stock quotes via free financial websites, such as Yahoo Finance. The problem is that historical stock quotes for companies such as Bausch & Lomb have disappeared from these free web sites. Librarians at the Central Library can get this info.
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: APRIL 09 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:10:04 GMT
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.
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Today's Famous Quotations:
Christopher Darlington Morley
There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Marvin Gaye
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
Helen Keller
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.
Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
John Barrymore, last words
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
Agatha Christie, Autobiography (1977)
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.
Josh Billings
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Walt Whitman
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.
I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he did.
Michel de Montaigne
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
Dr. Robert Schuller
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
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Fine silver quotations Tuesday: $18.64 ounce (Canadian Business)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:49:48 GMT
The Canadian Press April 8, 2008 - 1:43 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Tuesday $18.64 oz., $599.28 kg.; Monday $19.165 oz., $616.15 kg.
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: APRIL 09 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:10:04 GMT
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.
FACTBOX-U.S. presidential candidates' quotes on Iraq (AlertNet)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:18:44 GMT
Source: Reuters April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton pushed competing positions on Iraq during hearings on Tuesday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Can't find stock quotes? Call the Central Library (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:50:00 GMT
It is tax season, and many individuals are trying to find stock quotes via free financial websites, such as Yahoo Finance. The problem is that historical stock quotes for companies such as Bausch & Lomb have disappeared from these free web sites. Librarians at the Central Library can get this info.
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: APRIL 09 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:10:04 GMT
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.
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Latest greatest Quotations
Bertrand Russell
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
Tom Stoppard
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift.
Tommy Smothers
Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you
Dorothea Kent
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'
Frederick William Faber
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
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Can't find stock quotes? Call the Central Library in Rochester, NY. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:40:06 GMT
It is tax season, and many individuals are trying to find stock quotes via free financial websites, such as Yahoo Finance. The problem is that historical stock quotes for companies such as Bausch & Lomb have disappeared from these free web sites. Librarians at the Central Library can get this info.
FACTBOX-U.S. presidential candidates' quotes on Iraq (AlertNet)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:30:27 GMT
Source: Reuters April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton pushed competing positions on Iraq during hearings on Tuesday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Quotes of the week (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:37:31 GMT
Kevin Keegan on Mike Ashley, plus Dirk Kuyt and your chants
In quotes: Candidates on Iraq report (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:58:19 GMT
Front-runners in the race to be the next US president give their response to Gen Petraeus's progress report on Iraq
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Today's Quotations:
Bertrand Russell
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
Tom Stoppard
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift.
Tommy Smothers
Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you
Dorothea Kent
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'
Frederick William Faber
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
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Can't find stock quotes? Call the Central Library in Rochester, NY. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:40:06 GMT
It is tax season, and many individuals are trying to find stock quotes via free financial websites, such as Yahoo Finance. The problem is that historical stock quotes for companies such as Bausch & Lomb have disappeared from these free web sites. Librarians at the Central Library can get this info.
FACTBOX-U.S. presidential candidates' quotes on Iraq (AlertNet)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:30:27 GMT
Source: Reuters April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton pushed competing positions on Iraq during hearings on Tuesday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Quotes of the week (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:37:31 GMT
Kevin Keegan on Mike Ashley, plus Dirk Kuyt and your chants
In quotes: Candidates on Iraq report (BBC News)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:58:19 GMT
Front-runners in the race to be the next US president give their response to Gen Petraeus's progress report on Iraq
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Great Famous Quotations
Janet Long
Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Howard Aiken
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
Sydney James
Dont get married, just find someone you dont like and buy them a house.
Sir Arthur Eddington
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Virgil, Aeneid
Each of us bears his own Hell.
William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman
Who will bell the cat?
Anon.
A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages.
Rene Descartes
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
Lloyd Alexander
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Yahoo! Previews Powerful New Online Advertising Management Platform (3º) (InfoBolsa)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:21:01 GMT
07/04/2008 04:01:00 Business Wire US2942642057 This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning AMP! (including, without limitation the statements contained in the quotations from management and others in this press release), as well as Yahoo! s strategic and operational plans.
THE BEAT GOES ON (Philly.com)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:18:02 GMT
Selected quotes from the Phillies-Mets rivalry Jan. 23, 2007: Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins: "For the first time since I've been here, I think we are the team to beat in the National League East. I know we are. Finally."
Quotes from 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners (Boston Globe)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:39:09 GMT
Reaction from Pulitzer Prize winners: "The bittersweet part is to get a prize and then to have that day a soldier, who is unconnected to the hoopla here, call up and ask for help." -- Dana Priest, The Washington Post , public service.
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Check out these Famous Quotations:
Janet Long
Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Howard Aiken
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
Sydney James
Dont get married, just find someone you dont like and buy them a house.
Sir Arthur Eddington
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Virgil, Aeneid
Each of us bears his own Hell.
William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman
Who will bell the cat?
Anon.
A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages.
Rene Descartes
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
Lloyd Alexander
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
More Quotations
Yahoo! Previews Powerful New Online Advertising Management Platform (3º) (InfoBolsa)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:21:01 GMT
07/04/2008 04:01:00 Business Wire US2942642057 This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning AMP! (including, without limitation the statements contained in the quotations from management and others in this press release), as well as Yahoo! s strategic and operational plans.
THE BEAT GOES ON (Philly.com)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:18:02 GMT
Selected quotes from the Phillies-Mets rivalry Jan. 23, 2007: Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins: "For the first time since I've been here, I think we are the team to beat in the National League East. I know we are. Finally."
Quotes from 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners (Boston Globe)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:39:09 GMT
Reaction from Pulitzer Prize winners: "The bittersweet part is to get a prize and then to have that day a soldier, who is unconnected to the hoopla here, call up and ask for help." -- Dana Priest, The Washington Post , public service.
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