February 2012
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If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space.
– Ellie talking to her father in the 1997 movie Contact
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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...
– Maybe Albert Einstein, but probably not. For now, by: “Unknown!”
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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
– Mark Twain
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Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there.
– Author Unknown
January 2012
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Never, never, never give up.
– Winston Churchill
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Smart goals are specific, measurable, realistic, written out, and should have a...
– David Yukelson, Penn State University sports psychologist
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You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be...
– Abraham Lincoln - 1809-1865
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Polio Pioneers
In 1954, some 1.8 million children in the first three grades of 215 American elementary schools participated in the double-blind experiment of a polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Edward Salk. Approximatel 650,000 children received vaccine, 750,000 received a placebo and 430,000 served as controls and had neither. All of those children can proudly claim the title “Polio Pioneer.”
Data from all...
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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for...
– Melinda Gates
Via http://www.brainyquote.com/
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The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks...
– Edward Abbey, an honest writer
December 2011
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...
– Buddha via www.brainyquote.com
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If you only walk on sunny days you will never reach your destination.
– Paulo Coelho (via a-place-to-stand)
Paulo Coelho was born 24-Aug-1947. He is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.
More info about Mr. Coelho at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho
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Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at...
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
November 2011
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The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.
– Michael Jackson
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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
– Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (AD 56 – AD 117)
A senator and a historian of the Roman Empire.
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The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want...
– Bill Cosby
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The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil...
– Perhaps George Washington
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgewash146838.html
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I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...
– William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr.