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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? #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? #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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