~ Quote Of The Day ~

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Monday, September 2nd, 2013 - Henry George's Birthday



An American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land.   

The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air - it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world and others no right.
Henry George

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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 - Vince Lombardi's Death Anniversary



An American football coach.   

Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi

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Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 - Albert Schweitzer's Death Anniversary



A Franco-German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.   

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering in joy and in effort.
Albert Schweitzer

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Saturday, September 7th, 2013 - John Greenleaf Whittier's Death Anniversary



An influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.   

The simple heart that freely asks in love obtains.
John Greenleaf Whittier

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Sunday, September 8th, 2013 - Francis Quarles' Death Anniversary

An English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.   

Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
Francis Quarles

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Monday, September 9th, 2013 - Leo Tolstoy's Birthday



A Russian writer. 

Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo Tolstoy

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Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 - Cyril Connolly's Birthday

An English intellectual, literary critic and writer.

Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body.
Cyril Connolly

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Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 - David Herbert Lawrence's Birthday



An English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic.

People always make war when they say they love peace.
David Herbert Lawrence

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Thursday, September 12th, 2013 - Henry Mencken's Birthday



An American columnist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. 

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Henry Mencken

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Friday, September 13th, 2013 - International Chocolate Day

Life is about timing.
Carl Lewis

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Saturday, September 14th, 2013 - Sydney J. Harris' Birthday

An American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times.

Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.
Sydney J. Harris

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Sunday, September 15th, 2013 - Robert Benchley's Birthday



An American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.
Robert Benchley

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Monday, September 16th, 2013 - Stepfamily Day

Honor your father and your mother.
Bible

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Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 - National Stepfamily Day

Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 - Samuel Johnson's Birthday



A British author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. 

Exercise is labor without weariness.
Samuel Johnson