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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:13 pm

Quote of the Day - 19th March 2025:

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt - US political figure, diplomat, & activist
Born October 11th 1884 – Died November 7th 1962.

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Yeah - works of art.............. by Picasso !
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:39 am

Quote of the Day - 20th March 2025:

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Not sure there is such a thing as a 'particular human chain' - guess you could say that's a 'chain reaction'...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:27 am

Quote of the Day - 21st March 2025:

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John Kenneth Galbraith - AKA Ken Galbraith - Canadian-US economist, diplomat, public official, & intellectual.
Born October 15th 1908 – Died April 29th 2006

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I'm guessing he didn't like it much...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:05 am

Quote of the Day - 22nd March 2025:

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Aldous Leonard Huxley - English writer and philosopher.
Born 26th July 1894 – 22nd November 1963

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And that's a fact !
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Tue Mar 25, 2025 12:49 pm

Quote of the Day - 25th March 2025:

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Henry James - US-British author.
He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism & literary modernism,
& is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.
Born 15th April 1843 – Died 28th February 1916

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Liz Truss ?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:16 am

Quote of the Day - 26th March 2025:

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens - known by the pen name Mark Twain - US writer, humorist, & essayist.
He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced."
Born November 30th 1835 – Died April 21st 1910

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...and there are no glasses to bring that into focus...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:37 pm

Colin B wrote:Quote of the Day - 26th March 2025:

Quote of the Day - 26th March 2025 - 001.jpgMark Twain [5].JPG

Samuel Langhorne Clemens - known by the pen name Mark Twain - US writer, humorist, & essayist.
He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced."
Born November 30th 1835 – Died April 21st 1910

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...and there are no glasses to bring that into focus...

I imagine that's correct.


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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:18 am

Quote of the Day - 27th March 2025:

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You can try to be the best, but circumstances sometimes work against you...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:39 pm

Quote of the Day - 28th March 2025:

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Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine - Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on
dissipative structures, complex systems, & irreversibility
Born 25th January [O.S. 12 January] 1917 – Died 28th May 2003

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The future has seldom been as uncertain as it is just now.

I mean, just when will the next FTD release be announced ?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Sat Mar 29, 2025 11:14 am

Quote of the Day - 29th March 2025:

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Eric Hoffer - US philosopher & social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background.
Born July 25th 1902 – Died May 21st 1983

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One Phoenix member should take note...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:58 pm

Colin B wrote:Quote of the Day - 29th March 2025:

Quote of the Day - 29th March 2025 - 001.jpgEric Hoffer.JPG

Eric Hoffer - US philosopher & social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background.
Born July 25th 1902 – Died May 21st 1983

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One Phoenix member should take note...

We have a rude member?


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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Sat Mar 29, 2025 11:28 pm

Colin B wrote:One Phoenix member should take note...
John wrote:We have a rude member?


Yes, he was suspended for a while but he's back again & still being rude...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Sun Mar 30, 2025 12:02 am

Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:One Phoenix member should take note...
John wrote:We have a rude member?


Yes, he was suspended for a while but he's back again & still being rude...

The one that has been suspended on more than one occasion? The one that uses a male name or two, and then a female name?

Actually, he hasn't posted for a while, has she?


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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Private Presley » Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:58 am

John wrote:
Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:One Phoenix member should take note...
John wrote:We have a rude member?


Yes, he was suspended for a while but he's back again & still being rude...

The one that has been suspended on more than one occasion? The one that uses a male name or two, and then a female name?

Actually, he hasn't posted for a while, has she?


Is he a she or is she a he?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:43 pm

Private Presley wrote:Is he a she or is she a he?


He's a he.
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