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Saturday, December 31, 2005
I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
Sir Edward Appleton:: English atmospheric physicist (1892 - 1965)
Sunday, December 25, 2005
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"I lost 10 family members, and of course that is not easy. But time goes by, and I will accept it. That's life and death."
- AZWAR HASAN, a social worker in Aceh.
Friday, December 16, 2005
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
George Santayana:: US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"Last time, if you voted, you died. God willing, this election will lead to peace."
- ABDUL JABBAR MAHDI, voting in Baghdad, Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/international/middleeast/16iraq.html?th&emc=th
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Alexander Pope, Letter to Gay, October 6, 1727:: English poet & satirist (1688 - 1744)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"People across this country are awakening to their rights and seizing on the promise of the law. But you cannot be a rights lawyer in this country without becoming a rights case yourself."
- GAO ZHISHENG, a lawyer in China.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Indian Proverb
Sunday, December 11, 2005
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"What is happening is not our fault. We didn't heat up the atmosphere or chop down our trees. But we are paying the price with the suffering of our people."
- EDUARDO BRAGA, the governor of Amazonas State in Brazil, on the drought in the Amazon region.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark Twain:: US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"I just want to ask, 'Is this jihad? Is this jihad against Iraqis?' I want to ask the mujahedeen, 'Do you slaughter your brother in the name of jihad?'"
- HASSAN DAWOOD, after suicide bombs killed 36 in Baghdad.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/international/middleeast/07iraq.html?th&emc=th
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage:: US composer of avant-garde music (1912 - 1992)
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"There were mass arrests of men and women and children. Even if a child was one day old, they used to tell his parents, 'Bring him with you.'"
- AHMAD HASSAN MUHAMMAD, a witness in the torture and mass murder trial of Saddam
Hussein.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/international/middleeast/06saddam.html?th&emc=th
Monday, December 05, 2005
'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
John Sheffield
Friday, December 02, 2005
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"There is no center of gravity, no leadership, no hierarchy; they are more a constellation than an organization."
- BRUCE HOFFMAN, a terrorism expert, on the insurgency in Iraq.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith Sitwell:: English biographer, critic, novelist, & poet (1887 - 1964)
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