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Friday, October 10, 2008
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Stephen Leacock
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
James Boswell
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's.
Benjamin Franklin
He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
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Icelandic crown, money market trade dries up - dealers - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:40:00 GMT
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Icelandic financial markets ground to a halt on Friday as traders reported hardly any trades in the crown currency and money markets, while the local ...
What Do Economic Terms Mean? - KPHO
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
With the roller coaster ride that has become following the stock market lately, terms like depression, recession and deregulation have become frequently used terms. But ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:34:00 GMT
"Right now the market is just panicked. Nobody wants to take on any risk. Everybody just wants to get their money and put it under the mattress.'' -- David Wyss, chief economist at ...
What Do Economic Terms Mean? - KPHO
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
With the roller coaster ride that has become following the stock market lately, terms like depression, recession and deregulation have become frequently used terms. But ...
Posts: 4 - Daily Herald
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Joe, this is sloppy journalism. You repeat what others have incorrectly reported, "Chaffetz has said previously that the 600,000 fugitive immigrants should be put in tents ...
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Here are the Quotes ...
Stephen Leacock
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
James Boswell
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's.
Benjamin Franklin
He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
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Icelandic crown, money market trade dries up - dealers - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:40:00 GMT
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Icelandic financial markets ground to a halt on Friday as traders reported hardly any trades in the crown currency and money markets, while the local ...
What Do Economic Terms Mean? - KPHO
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
With the roller coaster ride that has become following the stock market lately, terms like depression, recession and deregulation have become frequently used terms. But ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:34:00 GMT
"Right now the market is just panicked. Nobody wants to take on any risk. Everybody just wants to get their money and put it under the mattress.'' -- David Wyss, chief economist at ...
What Do Economic Terms Mean? - KPHO
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
With the roller coaster ride that has become following the stock market lately, terms like depression, recession and deregulation have become frequently used terms. But ...
Posts: 4 - Daily Herald
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Joe, this is sloppy journalism. You repeat what others have incorrectly reported, "Chaffetz has said previously that the 600,000 fugitive immigrants should be put in tents ...
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Peter De Vries
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Victor Hugo
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. (Les Miserables)
Martin Luther
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Donella Meadows, The Global Citizen
Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.
Hesiod
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Ben Azai, Mishna
Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
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NFL PLAYERS Launches 2008 Branding Campaign: 'Football Doesn't Define ... - Yahoo Finance
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Players share unscripted stories of who they are under the helmet WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- NFL PLAYERS, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players ...
Chad Dawson Workout Photos; Antonio Tarver Workout Quotes - East Side Boxing
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
Chad Dawson worked up a sweat on Thursday in his last workout before his clash with IBF/IBO 175-pound champ Antonio Tarver Saturday on Showtime (at Johnny Tacco’s Gym, Las Vegas ...
Posts: 4 - Daily Herald
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Joe, this is sloppy journalism. You repeat what others have incorrectly reported, "Chaffetz has said previously that the 600,000 fugitive immigrants should be put in tents ...
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Peter De Vries
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Victor Hugo
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. (Les Miserables)
Martin Luther
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Donella Meadows, The Global Citizen
Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.
Hesiod
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Ben Azai, Mishna
Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
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NFL PLAYERS Launches 2008 Branding Campaign: 'Football Doesn't Define ... - Yahoo Finance
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Players share unscripted stories of who they are under the helmet WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- NFL PLAYERS, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players ...
Chad Dawson Workout Photos; Antonio Tarver Workout Quotes - East Side Boxing
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:00 GMT
Chad Dawson worked up a sweat on Thursday in his last workout before his clash with IBF/IBO 175-pound champ Antonio Tarver Saturday on Showtime (at Johnny Tacco’s Gym, Las Vegas ...
Posts: 4 - Daily Herald
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
Joe, this is sloppy journalism. You repeat what others have incorrectly reported, "Chaffetz has said previously that the 600,000 fugitive immigrants should be put in tents ...
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Josef Stalin
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
Thomas H. Huxley
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Charles Dickens
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
H. Jackson Browne
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.
Denis Diderot
All children are essentially criminal.
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
In the hearts and minds of the people, the grapes of wrath were growing heavy for the vintage.
Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, September 10
We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us�it simply reveals what we are made of already.
Jean Cocteau, Journey to Freedom (1969)
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
Joe Moore
A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.
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Joseph Wilson's War - Der Spiegel
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:20:00 GMT
Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, with her husband Ambassador Joseph Wilson in July 2006. Former US diplomat Joseph Wilson these days meets with visitors to Washington in hotel bars ...
Depression talk redux, coming to a speech near you - Times Union Blogs
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:55:00 GMT
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt I’m not suggesting that the above phrase will be uttered by ...
Ranking as 'most liberal' quotes a different Obama - Cincinnati.com
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:00 GMT
(Barack Obama): "They're not telling the truth. I hate to say that people are lying, but here's a situation where folks are lying." (Announcer): "Mr. Obama, we all know the truth ...
Joseph Wilson's War - Der Spiegel
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:20:00 GMT
Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, with her husband Ambassador Joseph Wilson in July 2006. Former US diplomat Joseph Wilson these days meets with visitors to Washington in hotel bars ...
Precious Metals Summary - London Close - Forbes
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:38:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar ...
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Today's Quotations:
Josef Stalin
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
Thomas H. Huxley
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Charles Dickens
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
H. Jackson Browne
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.
Denis Diderot
All children are essentially criminal.
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
In the hearts and minds of the people, the grapes of wrath were growing heavy for the vintage.
Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, September 10
We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us�it simply reveals what we are made of already.
Jean Cocteau, Journey to Freedom (1969)
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
Joe Moore
A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.
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Joseph Wilson's War - Der Spiegel
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:20:00 GMT
Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, with her husband Ambassador Joseph Wilson in July 2006. Former US diplomat Joseph Wilson these days meets with visitors to Washington in hotel bars ...
Depression talk redux, coming to a speech near you - Times Union Blogs
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:55:00 GMT
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt I’m not suggesting that the above phrase will be uttered by ...
Ranking as 'most liberal' quotes a different Obama - Cincinnati.com
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:00 GMT
(Barack Obama): "They're not telling the truth. I hate to say that people are lying, but here's a situation where folks are lying." (Announcer): "Mr. Obama, we all know the truth ...
Joseph Wilson's War - Der Spiegel
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:20:00 GMT
Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, with her husband Ambassador Joseph Wilson in July 2006. Former US diplomat Joseph Wilson these days meets with visitors to Washington in hotel bars ...
Precious Metals Summary - London Close - Forbes
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:38:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar ...
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Michael J. Gelb
Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.
Mark Twain
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Charles de Gaulle
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
Andr Maurois
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Bruce Lee
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Sir John Harington
Books give not wisdome where none was before, But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Frag. 146 (trans. by Plumptre).
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts:
Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured
Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed
By hymns of praise. From him alone of all
The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
Walter Lippmann
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Alexander Hamilton
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Chief Seattle
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
H.L. Mencken
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.
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mein Yahoo! - Wirtschaftswoche
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:06:00 GMT
“The Americans,” wrote Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, “in their intercourse with strangers, appear impatient of the smallest censure and insatiable of praise.” Writing ...
Klare Worte zu Ospel - Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:00 GMT
Von der Bankenaufsicht bis zum Finanzminister: Der Rücktritt von UBS-Präsident Marcel Ospel findet überall Zustimmung. Die jüngsten Entwicklungen bei der Grossbank im ...
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Quotations:
Michael J. Gelb
Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.
Mark Twain
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Charles de Gaulle
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
Andr Maurois
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Bruce Lee
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Sir John Harington
Books give not wisdome where none was before, But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Frag. 146 (trans. by Plumptre).
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts:
Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured
Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed
By hymns of praise. From him alone of all
The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
Walter Lippmann
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Alexander Hamilton
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Chief Seattle
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
H.L. Mencken
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.
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mein Yahoo! - Wirtschaftswoche
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:06:00 GMT
“The Americans,” wrote Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, “in their intercourse with strangers, appear impatient of the smallest censure and insatiable of praise.” Writing ...
Klare Worte zu Ospel - Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:00 GMT
Von der Bankenaufsicht bis zum Finanzminister: Der Rücktritt von UBS-Präsident Marcel Ospel findet überall Zustimmung. Die jüngsten Entwicklungen bei der Grossbank im ...
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