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What’s Your QQ? #308

Published February 17, 2013 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“The history of man is a series of conspiracies to win from nature some advantage without paying for it.” 

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are two kinds of fool. One says, ‘This is old, and therefore good.’ And one says, ‘This is new, and therefore better.’ ” – John Brunner

 (Brunner, 1934-1995, was a British science fiction author.”

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What’s Your QQ? #296

Published November 25, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“One of the virtues of being very young is that you don’t let the facts get in the way of your imagination.”

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BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” – Eubie Blake

 (Blake, 1887-1983, was an American composer and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.)

 

 

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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? #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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