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But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.

--Pedro Calderon de la Barca

K'Lyn

05-08-2008 04:59 AM

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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

Isoroku Yamamoto

Clee	05-08-2008 05:07 AM

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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

--Homer

Helanren

05-08-2008 01:51 PM

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Spoiler:

"People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have."

Richard Cobden

Clee	05-08-2008 06:22 PM

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An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.

--Mark Twain

hulamoon

05-08-2008 11:31 PM

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Change before you have to.

- Jack Welch

K'Lyn

05-08-2008 11:57 PM

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"I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked."

Mae West

Clee	05-09-2008 02:25 AM

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Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education. Be persistent and ornery: this will be good for the lethargic educational establishment and will aid the whole cause of public education.

--Roy Wilkins

K'Lyn

05-09-2008 08:05 PM

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"Education is the transmission of civilization."

Will Durant

Clee	05-09-2008 08:56 PM

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A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

--Walter Bagehot

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