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Friday, December 05, 2008
Famous Quotations Update
D. Elton Trueblood
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
Aimee Mullins
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
Edward Albee
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If I was a cowboy in a lynch mob, I think I'd try to stay near the back. That way, if somebody shamed us into disbanding, I could sort of slip off to the side and pretend I was window-shopping or something.
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Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
Art Basel Miami Beach - New York Times
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:25:00 GMT
At Art Basel Miami Beach, a sprawling art fair that runs through Sunday, a wall-to-wall text piece by Barbara Kruger spells out two quotations. One from Goethe observes, “We are ...
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
Art Basel Miami Beach - New York Times
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:25:00 GMT
At Art Basel Miami Beach, a sprawling art fair that runs through Sunday, a wall-to-wall text piece by Barbara Kruger spells out two quotations. One from Goethe observes, “We are ...
Chris Martin says Coldplay will never split - Newstrack India
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:43:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): Coldplay's lead vocalist Chris Martin has denied claims that the band will split within two years. Earlier quotes attributed to the singer suggested that ...
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D. Elton Trueblood
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
Aimee Mullins
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
Edward Albee
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If I was a cowboy in a lynch mob, I think I'd try to stay near the back. That way, if somebody shamed us into disbanding, I could sort of slip off to the side and pretend I was window-shopping or something.
More Quotations
Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
Art Basel Miami Beach - New York Times
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:25:00 GMT
At Art Basel Miami Beach, a sprawling art fair that runs through Sunday, a wall-to-wall text piece by Barbara Kruger spells out two quotations. One from Goethe observes, “We are ...
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
Art Basel Miami Beach - New York Times
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:25:00 GMT
At Art Basel Miami Beach, a sprawling art fair that runs through Sunday, a wall-to-wall text piece by Barbara Kruger spells out two quotations. One from Goethe observes, “We are ...
Chris Martin says Coldplay will never split - Newstrack India
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:43:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): Coldplay's lead vocalist Chris Martin has denied claims that the band will split within two years. Earlier quotes attributed to the singer suggested that ...
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Famous Quotes Update
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
We must laugh at man, to avoid crying for him.
Henry David Thoreau
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
Glenda Jackson
Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Nikkei down in lacklustre trade, weighed by yen - Forbes
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:04:00 GMT
TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average lost 1.4 percent on Monday, with high tech shares such as Advantest Corp (nyse: ATE - news - people ) down on profit-taking as trade thinned on investor fears about U.S. jobs data due out later this ...
Quotes - Oklahoma State - Stanford.scout.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:00 GMT
SEATTLE - Here are quotes from Lorenzo Romar, Jon Brockman, Justin Dentmon and Isaiah Thomas as they talked about Washington's 83-65 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series at Bank of America Arena Thursday night
1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China - BBC News
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:22:00 GMT
The American President Richard Nixon has arrived in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries. His visit began with an unexpected audience with Chairman Mao Zedong at the leader's ...
Revisting Beleaguered Builder Bob Toll's Choicest Quotes! - New York Observer
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:10:00 GMT
Courtesy Bob Toll. McMansion pioneers Toll Brothers Inc., our country's biggest luxury homebuilder, reported its bleakest annual results since going public during the Reagan administration. The company may deliver only 2,000 to 3,000 homes during ...
China, US promise $20 billion for trade - Washington Post
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:01:00 GMT
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, not in picture, at the end of the US China Strategic Economic Dialogue Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. China is urging ...
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Today's Famous Quotes:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
We must laugh at man, to avoid crying for him.
Henry David Thoreau
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
Glenda Jackson
Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Nikkei down in lacklustre trade, weighed by yen - Forbes
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:04:00 GMT
TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average lost 1.4 percent on Monday, with high tech shares such as Advantest Corp (nyse: ATE - news - people ) down on profit-taking as trade thinned on investor fears about U.S. jobs data due out later this ...
Quotes - Oklahoma State - Stanford.scout.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:00 GMT
SEATTLE - Here are quotes from Lorenzo Romar, Jon Brockman, Justin Dentmon and Isaiah Thomas as they talked about Washington's 83-65 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series at Bank of America Arena Thursday night
1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China - BBC News
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:22:00 GMT
The American President Richard Nixon has arrived in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries. His visit began with an unexpected audience with Chairman Mao Zedong at the leader's ...
Revisting Beleaguered Builder Bob Toll's Choicest Quotes! - New York Observer
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:10:00 GMT
Courtesy Bob Toll. McMansion pioneers Toll Brothers Inc., our country's biggest luxury homebuilder, reported its bleakest annual results since going public during the Reagan administration. The company may deliver only 2,000 to 3,000 homes during ...
China, US promise $20 billion for trade - Washington Post
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:01:00 GMT
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, not in picture, at the end of the US China Strategic Economic Dialogue Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. China is urging ...
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More Famous Quotes
Oscar Wilde
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
W.C. Fields
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
Paul McCartney
If slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian.
Haida Indian saying
We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.
Joseph F. Newton
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.
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Quotes - Oklahoma State - Stanford.scout.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:00 GMT
SEATTLE - Here are quotes from Lorenzo Romar, Jon Brockman, Justin Dentmon and Isaiah Thomas as they talked about Washington's 83-65 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12/Pac-10 ...
Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
Trump book, quotes spice up loan dispute - Crain's Chicago Business
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:41:00 GMT
(Crain’s) — Donald Trump boasts that he stood up to his lenders when he ran into loan trouble in the 1990s. “I turned it back on the banks and let them accept some of the ...
Visual arts and books - Raleigh News & Observer
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:37:00 GMT
Story Tools visual arts & books Penland glass artist Pablo Soto's work focuses on form, line, color, and surface. His art is steeped in the tradition of vessel making but diverges ...
Quotes Of The Week - December 5 - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:14:00 GMT
Lily Allen bashes X Factor's Diana Vickers, Kevin Federline opens up about divorce from Britney Spears, and Blake Fielder-Civil takes responsibility for Amy Winehouse's drug ...
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Famous Quotes:
Oscar Wilde
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
W.C. Fields
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
Paul McCartney
If slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian.
Haida Indian saying
We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.
Joseph F. Newton
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.
More Quotations
Quotes - Oklahoma State - Stanford.scout.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:00 GMT
SEATTLE - Here are quotes from Lorenzo Romar, Jon Brockman, Justin Dentmon and Isaiah Thomas as they talked about Washington's 83-65 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12/Pac-10 ...
Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
Trump book, quotes spice up loan dispute - Crain's Chicago Business
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:41:00 GMT
(Crain’s) — Donald Trump boasts that he stood up to his lenders when he ran into loan trouble in the 1990s. “I turned it back on the banks and let them accept some of the ...
Visual arts and books - Raleigh News & Observer
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:37:00 GMT
Story Tools visual arts & books Penland glass artist Pablo Soto's work focuses on form, line, color, and surface. His art is steeped in the tradition of vessel making but diverges ...
Quotes Of The Week - December 5 - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:14:00 GMT
Lily Allen bashes X Factor's Diana Vickers, Kevin Federline opens up about divorce from Britney Spears, and Blake Fielder-Civil takes responsibility for Amy Winehouse's drug ...
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Latest greatest Famous Quotations
Brian Weir
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Love is not something that you can put chains on and throw into a lake. That's called Houdini. Love is liking someone a lot.
Bertrand Russell
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Edward Harriman
Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
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Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents - Canada East
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:19:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 127.81 cents Canadian, up 2.46 cents. Pound sterling closed C$1.8771 ...
Russia’s international reserves gain five billion dollars in seven ... - Pravda
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:52:00 GMT
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has reported an increase of gold and currency reserves for the first time since September of the current year. The reserves gained five ...
German official quotes NSA as saying that India not planning to ... - New Kerala
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:44:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec.5 : A senior adviser on foreign affairs to German Chancellor Angela Merkel has quoted India's National Security Advisor, M.K. Narayanan, as saying that India has no ...
Erick's Bio - Bleacherreport.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:05:00 GMT
Erick Blasco is a 21-year-old college student attending Brooklyn College on a full scholarship. He is majoring in TV/Radio and minoring in English with the hopes of someday ...
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Brian Weir
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Love is not something that you can put chains on and throw into a lake. That's called Houdini. Love is liking someone a lot.
Bertrand Russell
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Edward Harriman
Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
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Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents - Canada East
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:19:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 127.81 cents Canadian, up 2.46 cents. Pound sterling closed C$1.8771 ...
Russia’s international reserves gain five billion dollars in seven ... - Pravda
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:52:00 GMT
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has reported an increase of gold and currency reserves for the first time since September of the current year. The reserves gained five ...
German official quotes NSA as saying that India not planning to ... - New Kerala
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:44:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec.5 : A senior adviser on foreign affairs to German Chancellor Angela Merkel has quoted India's National Security Advisor, M.K. Narayanan, as saying that India has no ...
Erick's Bio - Bleacherreport.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:05:00 GMT
Erick Blasco is a 21-year-old college student attending Brooklyn College on a full scholarship. He is majoring in TV/Radio and minoring in English with the hopes of someday ...
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Quotations for Today
Joseph Addison
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.
Sigmund Freud
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
Madonna, O Magazine, January 2004
That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.
Lao Tzu
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Jerry Seinfeld
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
Wilson Mizner
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
Epictetus
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
Hasidic Saying
To worry is a sin. Only one sort of worry is permissible; to worry because one worries.
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INSTANT VIEW 2-Taiwan Nov CPI up 1.88 pct y/y - Forbes
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:46:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly ...
Forest Advises against $61M Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer from TRC - Genetic Engineering News
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:26:00 GMT
Forest Laboratories received a proposal from TRC Capital for the purchase of less than 1% of its outstanding shares for about $61 million. The company has advised its stockholders ...
Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents - Canada East
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:19:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 127.81 cents Canadian, up 2.46 cents. Pound sterling closed C$1.8771 ...
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Today's Quotations:
Joseph Addison
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.
Sigmund Freud
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
Madonna, O Magazine, January 2004
That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.
Lao Tzu
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Jerry Seinfeld
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
Wilson Mizner
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
Epictetus
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
Hasidic Saying
To worry is a sin. Only one sort of worry is permissible; to worry because one worries.
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INSTANT VIEW 2-Taiwan Nov CPI up 1.88 pct y/y - Forbes
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:46:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly ...
Forest Advises against $61M Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer from TRC - Genetic Engineering News
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:26:00 GMT
Forest Laboratories received a proposal from TRC Capital for the purchase of less than 1% of its outstanding shares for about $61 million. The company has advised its stockholders ...
Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents - Canada East
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:19:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 78.24 cents US, down 1.54 cents on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 127.81 cents Canadian, up 2.46 cents. Pound sterling closed C$1.8771 ...
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