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What’s Your QQ? #283

Published August 26, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said she was “Miss Phonograph Record of 1966”?

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Write on my gravestone: ‘Infidel, Traitor.’ –infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.”  – Wendell Phillips

 (Phillips, 1811-1884, was an American abolitionist, orator and lawyer.)

 

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What’s Your QQ? #277

Published July 15, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald.
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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.” — Logan P. Smith

 (Smith, 1865-1946, was an essayist and literary critic.)

 

 


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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? #235

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

“America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top.” – Charlie King

 (King is a folksinger and activist.)

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