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Sunday, October 05, 2008
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Blaise Pascal
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
Abraham Lincoln
Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully.
C. D. Jackson
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot
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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 ...
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 ...
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Macroeconomics highlights to 10:10 BST - Forbes
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:27:00 GMT
financial crisis in Paris on Saturday. Neither the Subscriber nor Thomson Financial News warrants the completeness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of the Service as a ...
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 ...
HOSP-$CANDAL WORKHORSES - New York Post
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:54:00 GMT
Top executives at a Queens hospital system linked to alleged bribe-taking Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio are filing reports claiming that they work up to 219-hour weeks at linked ...
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Blaise Pascal
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
Abraham Lincoln
Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully.
C. D. Jackson
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot
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Another tender tantrum rocks hockey and athletics - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:08:00 GMT
`A tender to lay and maintain the Artificial Hockey Turf ground and a 400 metre eight lane Synthetic track at Torrington has been cancelled in a controversial manner without giving ...
Jail term upheld for postal scam architect - Thanhnien
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:05:00 GMT
However, it reduced jail terms for several state officials involved to 14 months, and suspended sentences for some. The appeals court confirmed the 26-year jail term handed down ...
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Macroeconomics highlights to 10:10 BST - Forbes
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:27:00 GMT
financial crisis in Paris on Saturday. Neither the Subscriber nor Thomson Financial News warrants the completeness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of the Service as a ...
Jail term upheld for postal scam architect - Thanhnien
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:05:00 GMT
However, it reduced jail terms for several state officials involved to 14 months, and suspended sentences for some. The appeals court confirmed the 26-year jail term handed down ...
HOSP-$CANDAL WORKHORSES - New York Post
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:54:00 GMT
Top executives at a Queens hospital system linked to alleged bribe-taking Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio are filing reports claiming that they work up to 219-hour weeks at linked ...
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Daily Famous Quotations
H. L. Mencken
He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.
Charles-Damian Boulogne
To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth.
Salvador Dali
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life.
Seneca
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.
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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:51:00 GMT
Outgoing Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon increased his fixed payout in 2007/08, as the airline faced the headwinds of higher petrol prices and a slowing global economy. Mr Dixon ...
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 ...
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 ...
Iran criticizes US-India nuclear deal - International Herald Tribune
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:20:00 GMT
TEHRAN, Iran : Iran's official news agency says a U.S.-Indian nuclear agreement violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. IRNA agency quotes Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of ...
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:52:00 GMT
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Today's Famous Quotations:
H. L. Mencken
He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.
Charles-Damian Boulogne
To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth.
Salvador Dali
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life.
Seneca
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.
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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:51:00 GMT
Outgoing Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon increased his fixed payout in 2007/08, as the airline faced the headwinds of higher petrol prices and a slowing global economy. Mr Dixon ...
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 ...
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 ...
Iran criticizes US-India nuclear deal - International Herald Tribune
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:20:00 GMT
TEHRAN, Iran : Iran's official news agency says a U.S.-Indian nuclear agreement violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. IRNA agency quotes Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of ...
Pennsylvania Health Insurance -- Free Pennsylvania Health Insurance ... - PR.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:52:00 GMT
Philadelphia, PA, October 05, 2008 --( PR.com )-- www.EasyToInsureME.com is proud to announce they now offer Free Pennsylvania Health Insurance Quotes. Pennsylvania health ...
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Today's Famous Quotations
James Russell Lowell
There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
John le Carre, "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy, in The New York Times, May 8, 1974
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-ight drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
George Bernard Shaw
What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder: God will take care of that.
Peter Brimelow, National Review (2/1/93)
The modern definition of "racist" is "someone who is winning an argument with a liberal
Martha Graham
The body says what words cannot.
Wallace Stevens
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice.
Thomas Carlyle
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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HOSP-$CANDAL WORKHORSES - New York Post
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:54:00 GMT
Top executives at a Queens hospital system linked to alleged bribe-taking Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio are filing reports claiming that they work up to 219-hour weeks at linked ...
Afghan war can't be won: commander - Winnipeg Free Press
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
LONDON -- The senior British commander in Afghanistan says that a decisive military victory there is impossible and the Taliban may well be part of a long-term solution for the ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:23:00 GMT
"It's unfortunate that holding your own is a plus. By not falling on her face, she looked good." — Mike Morse on GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's performance in her ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed ...
NATO will fail against Taliban: British Envoy - Pakistani Newspaper
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (APP): A leaked French diplomatic cable quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail ...
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Famous Quotations:
James Russell Lowell
There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
John le Carre, "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy, in The New York Times, May 8, 1974
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-ight drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
George Bernard Shaw
What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder: God will take care of that.
Peter Brimelow, National Review (2/1/93)
The modern definition of "racist" is "someone who is winning an argument with a liberal
Martha Graham
The body says what words cannot.
Wallace Stevens
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice.
Thomas Carlyle
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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HOSP-$CANDAL WORKHORSES - New York Post
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:54:00 GMT
Top executives at a Queens hospital system linked to alleged bribe-taking Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio are filing reports claiming that they work up to 219-hour weeks at linked ...
Afghan war can't be won: commander - Winnipeg Free Press
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
LONDON -- The senior British commander in Afghanistan says that a decisive military victory there is impossible and the Taliban may well be part of a long-term solution for the ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:23:00 GMT
"It's unfortunate that holding your own is a plus. By not falling on her face, she looked good." — Mike Morse on GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's performance in her ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed ...
NATO will fail against Taliban: British Envoy - Pakistani Newspaper
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (APP): A leaked French diplomatic cable quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail ...
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Famous Quotations for Today
Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 4 scene 2
I understand a fury in your words,
But not the words.
Arab Proverb
Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
Stella Benson
Call no man foe, but never love a stranger.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Ronald Reagan
The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and appeared in a two-piece suit. (On Daniel Ortega Saavedra)
George Horace Lorimer
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.
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NATO will fail against Taliban: British Envoy - Pakistani Newspaper
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (APP): A leaked French diplomatic cable quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed ...
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Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 4 scene 2
I understand a fury in your words,
But not the words.
Arab Proverb
Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
Stella Benson
Call no man foe, but never love a stranger.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Ronald Reagan
The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and appeared in a two-piece suit. (On Daniel Ortega Saavedra)
George Horace Lorimer
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.
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NATO will fail against Taliban: British Envoy - Pakistani Newspaper
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Oct 4 (APP): A leaked French diplomatic cable quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed ...
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Today's Quotes
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.
Charles Rosin
There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.
Turkish Proverb
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
Jerry Coleman
Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.
Victor Hugo
Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men.
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Knicks' outlook becoming a bit clearer - Newsday
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:43:00 GMT
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Before the Knicks arrived for Mike D'Antoni's first training camp, he spoke about identifying who will be in his "circle" and who will be left behind. As the Knicks broke camp yesterday, some haunting questions remained but a few ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed Arizona 59-13. He was on the losing end Saturday night, as Washington got ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:19:00 GMT
"We will simply not hand over a $700 billion blank check to Wall Street and hope for a better outcome." — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, noting that Democrats want to add such measures as independent oversight and protections for homeowners to the ...
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Straight to the Quotes ...
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.
Charles Rosin
There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.
Turkish Proverb
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
Jerry Coleman
Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.
Victor Hugo
Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men.
More Quotes
Knicks' outlook becoming a bit clearer - Newsday
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:43:00 GMT
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Before the Knicks arrived for Mike D'Antoni's first training camp, he spoke about identifying who will be in his "circle" and who will be left behind. As the Knicks broke camp yesterday, some haunting questions remained but a few ...
Coaches' Quotes - Arizona - Scout.com
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Scott Woodward was on the other end of this game - five years ago. The former LSU employee watched from the sidelines of Arizona Stadium as the Tigers routed Arizona 59-13. He was on the losing end Saturday night, as Washington got ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:19:00 GMT
"We will simply not hand over a $700 billion blank check to Wall Street and hope for a better outcome." — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, noting that Democrats want to add such measures as independent oversight and protections for homeowners to the ...
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