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Monday, November 03, 2008
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Turkish Proverb
For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.
Dirk Van Der Elst, Culture as Given, Culture as Choice
Successful education is always a two-way street.
Aristotle
What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Angela Keith
When I'm loved I'm the universe, If I'm not I'm merely a dying star.
Malcolm Muggeridge
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a 1-foot chain.
John Lennon
People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions.
Don Marquis
A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.
"A Canticle for Leibowitz"
Ignorance is king, many would not prosper by its abdication.
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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:00 GMT
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Best Quotes of October 2008 - Safe Haven
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:53:00 GMT
Maybe one in a million of the world's citizens realizes that there is much more gold in existence than there is silver. If sufficient numbers of people knew this fact, gold would ...
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Turkish Proverb
For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.
Dirk Van Der Elst, Culture as Given, Culture as Choice
Successful education is always a two-way street.
Aristotle
What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Angela Keith
When I'm loved I'm the universe, If I'm not I'm merely a dying star.
Malcolm Muggeridge
Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a 1-foot chain.
John Lennon
People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions.
Don Marquis
A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.
"A Canticle for Leibowitz"
Ignorance is king, many would not prosper by its abdication.
More Quotes
Atlanta Olympics Collectibles
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:42:21 +0000
Olympic torch atlanta 1996 genuine
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globalCARS’ new booking service - e-Travel Blackboard
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:00 GMT
LEADING car leasing and rental wholesaler globalCARS is about to introduce a full on-line Car Leasing reservation system which will dramatically improve facilitation for travel ...
Best Quotes of October 2008 - Safe Haven
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:53:00 GMT
Maybe one in a million of the world's citizens realizes that there is much more gold in existence than there is silver. If sufficient numbers of people knew this fact, gold would ...
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Latest Famous Quotes
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
To be loved, be lovable.
Lois McMaster Bujold
If power was an illusion, wasn't weakness necessarily one also
Henry Van Dyke
Use what talent you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Homer
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
Richard Simmons
Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you�re happy and believe in yourself.
Thomas Hobbes
Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
C. S. Lewis
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
Mark Twain
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier
To save your world you asked this man to die;
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
Mark Hopkins, The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
the Dhammapada
If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse... If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows, as a shadow follows its source.
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DEL TURCO: "ESILIO A COLLELONGO LA PIU' BELLA CONDANNA" - La Repubblica
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:58:00 GMT
"Essere condannato all'esilio a Collelongo, il mio paese, e' la piu' bella delle condanne che mi possa capitare". Lo ha detto all'Agi l'ex presidente della Regione Abruzzo ...
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Check out these Famous Quotes:
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
To be loved, be lovable.
Lois McMaster Bujold
If power was an illusion, wasn't weakness necessarily one also
Henry Van Dyke
Use what talent you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Homer
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
Richard Simmons
Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you�re happy and believe in yourself.
Thomas Hobbes
Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
C. S. Lewis
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
Mark Twain
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier
To save your world you asked this man to die;
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
Mark Hopkins, The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
the Dhammapada
If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse... If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows, as a shadow follows its source.
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DEL TURCO: "ESILIO A COLLELONGO LA PIU' BELLA CONDANNA" - La Repubblica
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:58:00 GMT
"Essere condannato all'esilio a Collelongo, il mio paese, e' la piu' bella delle condanne che mi possa capitare". Lo ha detto all'Agi l'ex presidente della Regione Abruzzo ...
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Great Famous Quotes
Rabbi Julius Gordon
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Author Unknown
The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.
A. H. Weiler
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Margaret Cho
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
John Webster, The White Devil (1612)
Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence"
#3537. Superfluity does not vitiate.
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Palin attack selectively quotes Obama on coal - Charleston Gazette
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:43:00 GMT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The McCain campaign has unleashed a last-minute attack on Democrat Barack Obama, alleging -- by selectively quoting from a 10-month-old interview -- that Obama plans to "bankrupt" the coal industry with his plan to limit ...
Italy power futures debut points to higher prices - Reuters
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT
MILAN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Electricity prices in Italy are expected to rise in December due to the delayed impact of high oil prices, but they are seen stable a year from now, the first day of power futures trading in Milan showed on Monday. Italy ...
Czech CEZ says did not bid in ENEA IPO - Forbes
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:22:00 GMT
BRATISLAVA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Czech power firm CEZ did not take part in an initial public offering by Polish energy firm ENEA, CEZ Chief Executive Martin Roman said on Monday. He gave no details, but said on the sidelines of an energy conference that ...
Central bank governor: Romanian economy unaffected by financial ... - Xinhua News Agency
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:00 GMT
BUCHAREST, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Romanian economy steered clear of the international financial turmoil, but it will feel the indirect effects, National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu on Monday told a press conference here. According to the governor, the ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:18:00 GMT
Homeowners are on Tuesday awaiting confirmation of an expected interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia. Most economists are predicting the central bank will cut the official cash rate by half a percentage point, from six per cent to 5.5 ...
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Rabbi Julius Gordon
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Author Unknown
The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.
A. H. Weiler
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Margaret Cho
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
John Webster, The White Devil (1612)
Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence"
#3537. Superfluity does not vitiate.
More Quotes
Palin attack selectively quotes Obama on coal - Charleston Gazette
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:43:00 GMT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The McCain campaign has unleashed a last-minute attack on Democrat Barack Obama, alleging -- by selectively quoting from a 10-month-old interview -- that Obama plans to "bankrupt" the coal industry with his plan to limit ...
Italy power futures debut points to higher prices - Reuters
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT
MILAN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Electricity prices in Italy are expected to rise in December due to the delayed impact of high oil prices, but they are seen stable a year from now, the first day of power futures trading in Milan showed on Monday. Italy ...
Czech CEZ says did not bid in ENEA IPO - Forbes
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:22:00 GMT
BRATISLAVA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Czech power firm CEZ did not take part in an initial public offering by Polish energy firm ENEA, CEZ Chief Executive Martin Roman said on Monday. He gave no details, but said on the sidelines of an energy conference that ...
Central bank governor: Romanian economy unaffected by financial ... - Xinhua News Agency
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:00 GMT
BUCHAREST, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Romanian economy steered clear of the international financial turmoil, but it will feel the indirect effects, National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu on Monday told a press conference here. According to the governor, the ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:18:00 GMT
Homeowners are on Tuesday awaiting confirmation of an expected interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia. Most economists are predicting the central bank will cut the official cash rate by half a percentage point, from six per cent to 5.5 ...
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Daily Quotes
Leo Rosten
For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
Sir Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Aesop
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Muhammad Ali
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Mahathma Gandhi
Almost anything you do is insignificant, But it is very important that you do it.
Doug Larson
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
Edward Chapin
The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.
Henry David Thoreau
Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.
Walter Savage Landor
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
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Countries hit by falling commodity prices - star.com.my
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:34:00 GMT
Malaysia has been affected by the fall in prices of export commodities like petroleum, palm oil and rubber. Many developing countries are hit by the end of the commodity boom ...
Enforcement, fence can be effective - News-Leader.com
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:24:00 GMT
Re: Illegal immigration now "crisis of our own making" In his usual rant, Ruben Navarrette Jr. is certainly painting the populace of our entire country with a broad brush. The ...
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Leo Rosten
For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
Sir Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Aesop
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Muhammad Ali
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Mahathma Gandhi
Almost anything you do is insignificant, But it is very important that you do it.
Doug Larson
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
Edward Chapin
The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.
Henry David Thoreau
Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.
Walter Savage Landor
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
More Quotes
Countries hit by falling commodity prices - star.com.my
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:34:00 GMT
Malaysia has been affected by the fall in prices of export commodities like petroleum, palm oil and rubber. Many developing countries are hit by the end of the commodity boom ...
Enforcement, fence can be effective - News-Leader.com
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:24:00 GMT
Re: Illegal immigration now "crisis of our own making" In his usual rant, Ruben Navarrette Jr. is certainly painting the populace of our entire country with a broad brush. The ...
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Today's Famous Quotes
Ella Wheeler
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
but has trouble enough of its own.
Philip Henry Gosse, 1857
If any choose to maintain, as many do, that species were gradually brought to their maturity from humbler forms ... he is welcome to his hypothesis, but I have nothing to do with it.
Author Unknown
Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.
Cicero
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
Graham Greene
It is impossible to go through life without trust That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
More Quotes
National shifts to advert attack mode - Stuff
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:04:00 GMT
ON THE OFFENSIVE: In a break with the tone of its billboard ads, National has released new campaign spots attacking Labour. But while the adverts criticising Labour's record on ...
The Quotable Palin - Huffingtonpost.com
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT
Two of my daughters, Brick and Chance, were perfectly nice things for Halloween but our eldest, Heavenly, wanted to be Sarah Palin. I was proud but annoyed. On the one hand, Sarah ...
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Straight to the Famous Quotes ...
Ella Wheeler
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
but has trouble enough of its own.
Philip Henry Gosse, 1857
If any choose to maintain, as many do, that species were gradually brought to their maturity from humbler forms ... he is welcome to his hypothesis, but I have nothing to do with it.
Author Unknown
Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.
Cicero
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
Graham Greene
It is impossible to go through life without trust That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
More Quotes
National shifts to advert attack mode - Stuff
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:04:00 GMT
ON THE OFFENSIVE: In a break with the tone of its billboard ads, National has released new campaign spots attacking Labour. But while the adverts criticising Labour's record on ...
The Quotable Palin - Huffingtonpost.com
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT
Two of my daughters, Brick and Chance, were perfectly nice things for Halloween but our eldest, Heavenly, wanted to be Sarah Palin. I was proud but annoyed. On the one hand, Sarah ...
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Famous Quotes for Today
James Grover Thurber
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
Paul Valery
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
William Shakespeare
Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
Anthony Powell
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.
Wayne Gretzky
I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
Noela Evans
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth�Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.
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Countries hit by falling commodity prices - star.com.my
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:22:00 GMT
Malaysia has been affected by the fall in prices of export commodities like petroleum, palm oil and rubber. Many developing countries are hit by the end of the commodity boom ...
Fresh Allegations: House Ready to Face EFCC, ICPC - This Day Online
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:05:00 GMT
The House of Representatives has said it is prepared to cooperate with anti-corruption agencies in unravelling the truth behind the series of allegations rocking the lower chamber ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette
Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:33:00 GMT
"I believe we can do all this because I believe in America. At each and every moment in our history, we've risen to meet our challenges, because we've never forgotten the ...
The Mourinho years - Independent
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT
Share Among those entitled to mourn yesterday's news that Jose Mario dos Santos Mourinho Felix had dramatically quit as the manager of Chelsea Football Club - along with Chelsea ...
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Here are the Famous Quotes ...
James Grover Thurber
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
Paul Valery
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
William Shakespeare
Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
Anthony Powell
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.
Wayne Gretzky
I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.
Noela Evans
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth�Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.
More Quotations
Countries hit by falling commodity prices - star.com.my
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:22:00 GMT
Malaysia has been affected by the fall in prices of export commodities like petroleum, palm oil and rubber. Many developing countries are hit by the end of the commodity boom ...
Fresh Allegations: House Ready to Face EFCC, ICPC - This Day Online
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:05:00 GMT
The House of Representatives has said it is prepared to cooperate with anti-corruption agencies in unravelling the truth behind the series of allegations rocking the lower chamber ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette
Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:33:00 GMT
"I believe we can do all this because I believe in America. At each and every moment in our history, we've risen to meet our challenges, because we've never forgotten the ...
The Mourinho years - Independent
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT
Share Among those entitled to mourn yesterday's news that Jose Mario dos Santos Mourinho Felix had dramatically quit as the manager of Chelsea Football Club - along with Chelsea ...
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