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- To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
- Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)
- Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- When a man plays a woman in a dress, you're halfway there. It's inherently funny. When a woman plays a man, for whatever reason, it's not that instant kind of funny.
- Tina Fey, ABC-TV World News Now
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
- Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683), The Compleat Angler, 1653
- When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778), letter to Le Comte d'Argental, August 28, 1760
- Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.
- Wall Street Proverb
- In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1
- Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.
- Matthew Trump, in Mother Earth News
- Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
- Maya Angelou (1928 - ), in Daily News
- It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
- Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
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