The final lesson of history: Let's never go back there again.
Friedrich Nietzsche,quoted in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger
Wit & Wisdom
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Re: Wit & Wisdom
Being in politics is like being a football coach.You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
Eugene McCarthy,quoted in the London Independent
Eugene McCarthy,quoted in the London Independent
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Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
John Wooden, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
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A moment insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Oliver Wendall Holmes, quoted in United press International
Oliver Wendall Holmes, quoted in United press International
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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Bertrand Russell, quoted in United Press International
Bertrand Russell, quoted in United Press International
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Money is only useful when you get rid of it.
Evelyn Waugh, quoted in the Yorkshire, U.K. Post
Evelyn Waugh, quoted in the Yorkshire, U.K. Post
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left.
Entertainer Oscar Levant, quoted in the Dallas Morning news
Entertainer Oscar Levant, quoted in the Dallas Morning news
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I have never seen a piece of writing, political or nonpolitical, that does not have a slant. It slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.
E.B. White, quoted in the Wall Tree Journal.
E.B. White, quoted in the Wall Tree Journal.
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The worst thing that can happen to you can be the best thing for you, if you don't let it get the best of you.
Will Rogers, quoted in the London Independent
Will Rogers, quoted in the London Independent
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It is not the Mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Sir Edmund Hillary, quoted in the Contra Costa, California, Times
Sir Edmund Hillary, quoted in the Contra Costa, California, Times
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If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you have ever tried.
Ricky Gervais, qoted in the London Times
Ricky Gervais, qoted in the London Times
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Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
Sen. Dianne Feistein, quoted in the Lowell, Mass., Sun
Sen. Dianne Feistein, quoted in the Lowell, Mass., Sun