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Thought of the Day
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.
Sir Isaiah Berlin ( 1907 – 1997 )
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch myself.
John Barrymore (1882 – 1942 )
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Thought of the Day
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren’t. They weren’t even one of the questions.
Julian Barnes (1946 – )
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Thought of the Day
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyrrany.
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
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Thought of the Day
Friday, June 11th, 2010
It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women’s rights as separate from human rights.
Hillary Clinton (1947 – )
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Thought of the Day
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The day of the dinosaurs is over. The future belongs to the bridge-builders, not the wreckers.
Mary McAleese: elected President of Ireland, 1997 (1951 - )
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Thought of the Day
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
A.J. Toynbee (1889 – 1975)
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Thought of the Day
Monday, June 7th, 2010
I think my music is like anchovies: some people love it, some people get nauseous.
Barry Manilow ( 1946 – )
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Thought of the Day
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it! That’s what gets results.
Jazz song
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Thought of the Day
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
If someone claps his hand a sound arises. Listen to the sound of the single hand!
attributed to Hakuin (Japanese writer, founder of modern Zen: 1686 – 1769)
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Thought of the day
