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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #960 on: July 22, 2016, 07:12:58 PM »
Friday, July 22nd, 2016 - Carl Sandburg's Death Anniversary



An American writer and editor, best known for his poetry.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Carl Sandburg

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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #961 on: July 24, 2016, 07:39:48 PM »
Sunday, July 24th, 2016 - Isaac Bashevis Singer's Death Anniversary



A Jewish American author noted for his short stories.

Kindness I've discovered is everything in life.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #962 on: July 25, 2016, 09:17:00 PM »
Monday, July 25th, 2016 - Eric Hoffer's Birthday



An American social writer and philosopher.

When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves.
Eric Hoffer

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« Reply #963 on: July 26, 2016, 09:34:12 AM »
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 - Aldous Huxley's Birthday



An English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family.

Dream in a pragmatic way.
Aldous Huxley

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« Reply #964 on: July 27, 2016, 10:15:20 PM »
Thursday, July 28th, 2016 - Abraham Cowley's Death Anniversary



An English poet born in the City of London late in 1618.

Words that weep and tears that speak.
Abraham Cowley

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Thursday, July 28th, 2016 - Abraham Cowley's Death Anniversary



An English poet born in the City of London late in 1618.

Words that weep and tears that speak.
Abraham Cowley

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« Reply #966 on: July 29, 2016, 09:14:15 PM »
Friday, July 29th, 2016 - Dag Hammarskjold's Birthday



A Swedish diplomat, economist and author.

Life only demands from you the strength you possess.
Dag Hammarskjold

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« Reply #967 on: July 30, 2016, 10:27:04 PM »
Sunday, July 31st, 2016 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Death Anniversary



A French writer and aviator. 

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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« Reply #968 on: July 31, 2016, 11:27:59 AM »
Sunday, July 31st, 2016 - Milton Friedman's Birthday



An American economist, statistician, a professor at the University of Chicago, and the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.
Milton Friedman

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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #969 on: August 02, 2016, 08:17:11 PM »
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 - Horace Mann's Death Anniversary



An American education reformer, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833.

False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.
Horace Mann

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« Reply #970 on: August 03, 2016, 08:40:14 PM »
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 - Colette's Death Anniversary



The surname of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Colette

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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #971 on: August 05, 2016, 08:00:06 PM »
Friday, August 5th, 2016 - O. Hallesby's Birthday



A Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist who taught at the Free Faculty of Theology from 1909 to 1952.

The more helpless you are the better you are fitted to pray and the more answers to prayer you will experience.
O. Hallesby

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« Reply #972 on: August 06, 2016, 07:30:38 PM »
Saturday, August 6th, 2016 - Atomic Bomb Day

Peace is its own reward.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #973 on: August 07, 2016, 08:44:43 PM »
Sunday, August 7th, 2016 - Rabindranath Tagore's Death Anniversary



A Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music.

The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
Rabindranath Tagore

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« Reply #974 on: August 09, 2016, 09:17:52 PM »
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 - Hermann Hesse's Death Anniversary



A German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter.

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.
Hermann Hesse