Archive for July, 2008

Elizabeth Kenny on Anger

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

He who angers you conquers you.

- Elizabeth Kenny

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Arnold J. Toynbee on History

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

History is a vision of God’s creation on the move.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

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Herbert Hoover on Sports

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

- Herbert Hoover

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Hugh Sidey on Humor

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

- Hugh Sidey

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Robert Browning on Business

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

- Robert Browning

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Andre Segovia on Music

Friday, July 25th, 2008

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly… music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.

- Andre Segovia

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Marc Chagall on Art

Friday, July 25th, 2008

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

- Marc Chagall

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Friendship

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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James D. Watkins on Politics

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This is an era of violent peace.

- James D. Watkins

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Bill Gates on Technology

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

- Bill Gates

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