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What’s Your QQ? #292

Published October 28, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who was the person who died last week and once said:

“I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” (see quote #10)

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.” – Romaine Rolland

 (Rolland, 1866-1944, was a Nobel Prize-winning French writer.)

 

 

 

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #291

Published October 21, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” (see quote #10)

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff – it is a palliative rather than a remedy.” – Peter De Vries

 (De Vries, 1910-1993, was an American editor and novelist.)

 

 

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #289

Published October 7, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“All great truths begin as blasphemies.” (Quote #3)

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Simplicity is really hard.”~Jonathan Ive

 (The London-born Ive is a leading designer of Apple products.)

 

 

 

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #288

Published September 30, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“Sunday school: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.”

    

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.”― Mary Bly

 (Bly is a professor of English literature at Fordham University, and writes best-selling romance novels under the name Eloisa James.)

 

 

 

 

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