10-24-2009, 01:47 PM | #161 (permalink) |
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-25-2009, 01:54 AM | #164 (permalink) |
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Bobby Knight - October 25, 1940
“The key is not the 'will to win;' everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-26-2009, 02:03 AM | #165 (permalink) |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton - October 26, 1947
“What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-27-2009, 02:04 AM | #167 (permalink) |
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Emily Post - October 27, 1872
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-28-2009, 02:06 AM | #168 (permalink) |
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Desiderius Erasmus - October 28, 1467
“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-29-2009, 02:06 AM | #170 (permalink) |
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Bill Mauldin - October 29, 1921
“I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-30-2009, 01:43 AM | #171 (permalink) |
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Since I missed a couple of days, I'll make up for it with a mess of quotes from Harold and Maude on Ruth Gordon's birthday. Enjoy.
A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room. I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls... For me they will always be - *glorious* birds. Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully. Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much. Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm merely acting as a gentle reminder: here today, gone tomorrow, so don't get attached to things. *Don't* get officious. You're not yourself when you're officious - That is the curse of a government job. The earth is my body; my head is in the stars. You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. But I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing... oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage. That's *wonderful*. Go and love some more. Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 - 1985)
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10-30-2009, 02:03 AM | #172 (permalink) |
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Ezra Pound - October 30, 1885
“If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
10-31-2009, 02:23 AM | #173 (permalink) |
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John Keats - October 31, 1795
“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-01-2009, 02:52 AM | #174 (permalink) |
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Larry Flynt - November 1, 1942
“Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-02-2009, 02:56 AM | #176 (permalink) |
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James Knox Polk - November 2, 1795
“The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-02-2009, 05:37 AM | #177 (permalink) |
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Cookie Monster - 2 November, 1969
Cookie Monster: Me not *take* cookies, me *eat* the cookies. Robert McNeill: What's the difference? Cookie Monster: Eat begin with an E and take... Begin with a T.
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11-02-2009, 06:15 AM | #178 (permalink) |
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"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife."
Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 - 1820) NOTE: Boone was born after the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. His original birthdate is October 22 (which he always claimed), but the corrected date is now given as November 2.
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11-03-2009, 03:13 AM | #180 (permalink) |
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William Cullen Bryant November 3, 1794
“All at once A fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream, And I am in the wilderness alone.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-04-2009, 03:49 AM | #181 (permalink) |
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Will Rogers - November 4, 1879
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-05-2009, 02:50 AM | #183 (permalink) |
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"I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me."
Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 - 1967) *my sister is named after her - her first name is Vivien and her middle name is Leigh. No, Bill O'Rights, not that sister. The other redheaded sister.*
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11-05-2009, 03:09 AM | #184 (permalink) |
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Eugene Victor Debs - November 5, 1855
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-06-2009, 03:02 AM | #186 (permalink) |
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Sally Field - November 6, 1946
“I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-06-2009, 03:04 AM | #187 (permalink) |
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"I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher."
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 - 1932)
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11-06-2009, 08:22 PM | #188 (permalink) |
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"Nuclear weapons kill Americans - they don't kill Republicans or Democrats - they kill Americans. "
"One must always keep one's government under control. " "The government serves the people - not vice-versa. " Joseph C. Wilson - November 6, 1949
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11-07-2009, 02:58 AM | #189 (permalink) |
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Albert Camus - November 7, 1913
“In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-07-2009, 07:39 AM | #191 (permalink) |
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“My actions appeared justified, ... I did this work without pleasure, without pleasure.”
Brig. Gen. Paul Aussaresses [7, November 1918] on his involvement in torturing enemies to the French state.
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Focus. Control. Conviction. Resolve. A true ace lacks none of these attributes. Nothing can deter you from the task at hand except your own fears. This is your sky. |
11-08-2009, 03:02 AM | #192 (permalink) |
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Bram Stoker - November 8, 1847
“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-09-2009, 02:48 AM | #194 (permalink) |
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Spiro T. Agnew - November 9, 1918
“I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-09-2009, 03:12 AM | #195 (permalink) |
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"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 - 1996)
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11-10-2009, 03:21 AM | #196 (permalink) |
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Martin Luther - November 10, 1483
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say...”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-10-2009, 05:22 AM | #197 (permalink) |
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Oliver Goldsmith, born 10 November, 1728, and again on the same date in 1730.
"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it." "Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning"
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11-10-2009, 05:38 AM | #198 (permalink) |
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Holy freakin' wow. I've been saving up an Oliver Goldsmith quote for several weeks, and Grey Wolf was obviously on the same wavelength. Oh well, no sense wasting a perfectly good quote:
“Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,...where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey..." It is from this poem by Goldsmith called The Deserted Village that my home of Auburn gets its name, and my alma mater gets its mascot. /high five to Grey Wolf
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11-11-2009, 03:05 AM | #199 (permalink) |
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George Patton - November 11, 1885
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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