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What’s Your QQ? #259

Published March 4, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

 

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

 

 “There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together.” – Josh Billings

 (Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818-1885.)

Special Note: This quiz marks the five-year anniversary of “What’s My QQ?” I wish to thank the Monterey County Herald for allowing me the opportunity and space in the newspaper every week, and to my loyal readers (both of you) who inspire me in my continuing effort to be creative with other people’s words.


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What’s Your QQ? #258

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education… no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.” – Abraham Flexner

 (Flexner, 1866-1959, was an influential education reformer.)

 


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What’s Your QQ? #257

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“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.” – Rebecca West

 (West, 1892-1983, was a British novelist, journalist, literary critic, and feminist.)

 

 


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What’s Your QQ? #256

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

“No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” —Mignon McLaughlin

 (McLaughlin, 1913-1983, wrote several volumes of “The Neurotic’s Notebook.”)


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