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Robert Kennedy

What is objectionable, what is dang…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Kennedy ,

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What my mother believed about cooki…

15 Feb , 2011  

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. Great short quote and quotation by: Nora Ephron ,

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Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man - a memoir

What other people think about me is…

15 Feb , 2011  

What other people think about me is not my business. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man – a memoir , US (Canadian-born) actor (1961 – )

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Marc Allen, Interview with Michael Toms

What we think about, expands….

15 Feb , 2011  

What we think about, expands. Great short quote and quotation by: Marc Allen, Interview with Michael Toms ,

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E.B. White

Whatever else an American believes …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. Great short quote and quotation by: E.B. White ,

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Helen Lawrenson

Whatever else can be said about sex…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever else can be said about sex, it cannot be called a dignified performance. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Lawrenson ,

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E. J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic

When anyone asks me how I can best …

15 Feb , 2011  

When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident… or any sort worth speaking about. I have […]

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Henny Youngman

When I read about the evils of drin…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. Great short quote and quotation by: Henny Youngman , US (English-born) comedian (1906 – 1998)

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Thomas Paine, Common Sense

When my country, into which I had j…

15 Feb , 2011  

When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Paine, Common Sense , US patriot & political philosopher (1737 – 1809)

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Tom Robbins

When she was a small girl, Amanda h…

15 Feb , 2011  

When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, […]

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When we would prepare the mind by a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Disraeli , British politician (1804 – 1881)

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J. Krishnamutri

When we talk about understanding, s…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely– the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. Great short quote and quotation by: J. Krishnamutri ,

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