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"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately." ~A.A. Milne



Let America realize that self-scrutiny is not treason. Self-examination is not disloyalty. ~Richard Cardinal Cushing



What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely. ~Franklin P. Jones



Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. ~O. Henry, The Gifts of the Magi



Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it. ~Adlai Stevenson



I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



Who would believe such pleasure from a wee ball o' fur? ~Irish Saying



Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. ~Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind



Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. ~Brooks Atkinson



Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis



If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so. ~Eric Bentley



If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot. ~Dean Smith



Your picture's in my wallet and I'm sitting on it. And if that isn't love, I don't know what is. ~Frank Burns



It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? ~Ronald Reagan



When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. ~George Fisher



The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. ~Bill Frist



A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition. ~Clare Whiting



A garden of Love grows in a Grandmother's heart. ~Author Unknown



Things are only impossible until they're not. ~Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation



What, exactly, is the Internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a "modem" can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo. ~Dave Barry