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Quote of the day

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

John Wooden

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Times Like these

“In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.”

Paul Harvey

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Cricket

Cricket is baseball on valium

Robin Williams

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Golf

Golf is an ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with implements ill-adapted to the purpose.

Woodrow Wilson

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Power

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

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Conservatism

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

Woodrow Wilson
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Cut and Run

It is in there blood.

It must be peace without victory…Only a peace between equals can last…

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Woodrow Wilson

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Victory

In War there is no substitute for victory

Douglas Mac Arthur

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Freedom

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Pope John Paul II

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War

War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on the humanity’s agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II

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Change & Action

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won’t help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Being Ready

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965.

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Luck

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

Ray Kroc

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What is Life?

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, toughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming,

“WOW, What a Ride!!”

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The Swift

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

Oliver Goldsmith

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