Tag: quotations
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August 28, 2006 04:48 PM EDT --
"It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull."
H.L. Mencken, Prejudices
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August 29, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."
William Congreve, The Mourning Bride
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August 31, 2006 12:04 AM EDT --
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
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August 31, 2006 05:21 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
"Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd."
William Cowper, Retirement
Biography of the Day
On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in . . .
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September 19, 2006 06:42 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day - Sir William Golding
English novelist Sir William Golding, born this day in 1911, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 for his parables of the human condition, most notably . . .
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October 30, 2006 09:17 PM EST --
The following message was printed on the side of my coffee cup at Starbucks, tonight.
As I See It # 80
Anger is a vital life force. When used artistically or nondestructively it has the power to move . . .
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . .
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . .
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . .
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September 06, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: John F. Kennedy
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.
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September 10, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
ClipQuote: Abraham Lincoln
"When you have gotten an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
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September 12, 2006 09:09 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: General George Armstrong Custer
"Let's kick their ass and get the hell out of here."
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September 05, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
"Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
Biography of the Day
The Sioux Indian chief Crazy Horse, who died this day . . .
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September 07, 2006 07:22 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day
Elizabeth I was born this day in 1533. She was queen of England (1558–1603) during a period, often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major . . .
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September 18, 2006 03:03 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day- Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, born this day in 1709, was renowned for his A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) and his critical edition of Shakespeare's works and is . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Berio
Italian musician Luciano Berio, born this day in 1925, combined lyric and expressive qualities with advanced techniques of electronicand aleatoricmusic and ranked . . .
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November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 2
1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, former Democratic governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in . . .
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September 15, 2006 12:06 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day - Agatha Christie
English novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, born this day in 1890, was a master of the detective story whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and . . .
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October 13, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Margaret Thatcher
British Conservativepolitician Margaret Thatcher, born this day in 1925, was Europe's first woman prime ministerand Britain's only prime minister in the . . .
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October 23, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Pelé
Born this day in Brazil in 1940, Pelé became the most famous football(soccer) player in the sport's history, and, by the time of his retirement in 1977, he . . .
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