Quote of the Day

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 8th September:

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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE - English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States.
He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment
26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992

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"Anyone who works is a fool" - yeah, a fool trying to support his family in the only way he knows how...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 9th September:

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Celia Thaxter - née Laighton - US writer of poetry & stories
June 29, 1835 – August 25 1894

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All very good, Celia, but 'grateful' to whom & for what ?

[John]

Quote of the Day - 9th September:

Quote of the Day - 9th September - 001.jpgCelia Thaxter.jpegCelia Thaxter - née Laighton - US writer of poetry & stories
June 29, 1835 – August 25 1894

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All very good, Celia, but 'grateful' to whom & for what ?

It's a long list.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 10th September:

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Elias Schwarz is an actor, known for Goodnight Mommy (2014) along with his twin brother Lukas

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I thought about it until my brain hurt, Elias...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 11th September:

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Plutarch - Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, & priest at the Temple of Apollo.
AD 46–after AD 119

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Tricky one, Plutarch, because if things are going well for us, we feel the need to tell the whole world, even though that does nothing for those not doing so well !

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 14th September:

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William Jennings Bryan - US orator & politician.
March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925

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Still waiting to see what my destiny is...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 15th September:

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What if the 'gift' is a book you already have...

[John]

Quote of the Day - 15th September:

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What if the 'gift' is a book you already have...

Stay away from the dragon.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 16th September:

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Garry Emmanuel Shandling -US actor, comedian, director, producer and writer.
November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016

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A lot of my girlfriends have had suspiciously poor eyesight...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 17th September:

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Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine - Russian - physical chemist & Nobel laureate worked on dissipative structures, complex systems, & irreversibility.
25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003

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I think that's good, but I can't be sure...

[John]

Quote of the Day - 17th September:

Quote of the Day - 17th September - 001.jpgIlya Prigogine.jpgViscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine - Russian - physical chemist & Nobel laureate worked on dissipative structures, complex systems, & irreversibility.
25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003

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I think that's good, but I can't be sure...

I'm sure that I'm not sure.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 20th September:

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George Bernard Shaw - Anglo-Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923).
26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950

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Would make more sense if the word 'only' was omitted, George...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 22nd September:

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Kelvin R. Throop (also 'Kelvin R. Throop III' or 'Kelvin Throop III') is a fictional character and collective pseudonym created by R. A. J. Phillips in a story which appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact magazine in July 1964.

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No.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 23rd September:

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Elbert Green Hubbard - US writer, publisher, artist, & philosopher.
June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915

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They do take it out of you, don't they ?

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 27th September:

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Mary Caroline Richards - US poet, potter & writer - best known for her book 'Centering: in Pottery, Poetry and the Person'.
July 13, 1916, Weiser, Idaho – September 10, 1999, Kimberton, Pennsylvania

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Mine must a combination of Picasso & Warhol...