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What’s Your QQ? #295

Published November 18, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.”   

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”  ~Meister Eckhart

 (Eckhart, c. 1260-c. 1327, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic.)

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #294

Published November 11, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.”

 

 

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.” ― Douglas Pagels

(Pagels has written many books, mostly for young adults.)

 

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What’s Your QQ? #293

Published November 4, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs.”

 

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason.”  ~José Maria de Eça de Queiros

 (Eça de Queirós, 1845-1900, was considered the greatest Portuguese novelist of the 19th Century.)

 

 

 

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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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