Hikaori's words

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Bradstreet, 'Meditations Divine and Moral,' 1655:: American poet (1612 - 1672)

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Monday, November 28, 2005

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Robert Fripp

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Friday, November 25, 2005

- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"Being too focused on scientific development, I may not have seen all the ethical issues related to my research. I should be here reporting the successful results of our research, but I'm sorry instead to have to apologize."

- HWANG WOO-SUK, a South Korean stem cell scientist.

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"Nobody asked me to do this, and it wasn't about guilt."

- MARY ELLEN GEIST, who left her job to care for her parents.

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What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Bob Dylan:: US singer & songwriter (1941 - )

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Ben Hecht:: US author & dramatist (1893 - 1964)

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"There is a real concern that we will lose the nation's attention the longer this takes."

- BOBBY JINDAL, a Louisiana representative, on the hurricane relief efforts in his home state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/national/nationalspecial/22louisiana.html?th&emc=th

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Sunday, November 20, 2005

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.

Italian Proverb

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Saturday, November 19, 2005

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson:: 28th president of US (1856 - 1924)

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Friday, November 18, 2005

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

English Proverb

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.

Lord Falkland (1610 - 1643)

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:: German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)

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Monday, November 14, 2005

- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"The Radisson Hotel was a Jordanian wedding with Jordanians and Palestinians, where innocent people were killed. So this was nothing to do with the West."

- KING ABDULLAH, on the bombing in Amman, Jordan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/international/middleeast/14amman.html?th&emc=th

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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy:: Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)

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