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What’s Your QQ? #285

Published September 9, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you best teach it to dance.”

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.” – Howard Scott

 (Howard Scott, 1890-1970, was an engineer and one of the founders of the technocratic movement.)

 

 

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #280

Published August 5, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald.

 

Who said:

“Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”

 

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” – Guillaume Apollinaire

 (Apollinaire, 1880-1918, a French novelist and poet, was credited with coining the word ‘”surrealism.”)

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What’s Your QQ? #271

Published June 3, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald.
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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

 

“People of the world don’t look at themselves, and so they blame one another.” – Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

 (Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet, and a Sufi mystic.)

 



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What’s Your QQ? #268

Published May 6, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald.
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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.” – Norman G. Shidle

 (Shidle wrote books about communication and business.)

 

 

 


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