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Unknown
A conscience does not prevent sin. It only prevents you from enjoying it.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost.
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Author of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Learn more about Tolkien at The Grey Havens or
the amazing J. R. R. Tolkien Information Page.
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Pal Simon
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.
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From the album, Simon and Garfunkel, The Sounds Of Silence. For a more general Paul Simon biography, take a look at
Rolling Stone or Sing365.
There is also Simon's offical Flash enabled site.
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Tony Blair
I don't make predictions. I never have and I never will.
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This is the official biography of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
He has written some books, and there is even a book of his quotations entitled
The Blair Necessities, though I doubt Blairisms can compare to Bushisms.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.
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Humphrey was Vice President to Lyndon Baines Johnson. You can read more in Grolier's
biography or from the Senate pages.
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Marlene Dietrich
A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms
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My personal favorite Dietrich film has always been The Blue Angel, just in case you are wondering. Check out her beautifully designed web site.
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George Santayana
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
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Spanish born philosopher, Harvard educated he went on to teach at Harvard. Among his students were T. S. Eliot and Gertrude Stein.
For more information and a multitude of links see the George Santayana site.
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Daffy Duck
Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich.
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Yes, there is a biography and history available for Daffy fans.
Of course, don't forget Chuck Jones or
Warner Brothers.
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Aldous Huxley
An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.
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Excellent Huxley site. You can download at least one of Huxley's books from Page by Page Books.
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Marcel Marceau
Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?
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Appropriate quotation from the world's most famous mime. Here's the requisite biography.
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Boss Tweed
I don't care who does the electing as long as I get to do the nominating.
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From Info.Com here are a variety of links to the infamous boss of Tammany Hall. Or read the Britannica biography.
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Twyla Tharp
Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split second timing. |
At Twyla Tharp's site you may select in-depth information on Twyla Tharp organized by decade, or the Dance Company.
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Colette.
Dogs believe they are humans, cats believe they are God.
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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954, French author. Much of her autobiographical work focuses upon
themes love and female sexuality in a male-dominated world. Here is a biography.
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Nikki Giovanni
We love because it is the only true adventure.
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Contemporary American poet, born 1943. Very comprehensive web site about her work and interests at Virginia Tech.
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Ivan Illich
Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.
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Viennese born Illich was co-founder of the controversial Center for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Known for his book Deschooling Society. Read some Illich online or visit a site sponsored by the
University of Edinburgh
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Mahatma Gandhi
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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Self-reliant pacifist, vegetarian associated with civil disobedience in his quest for Indian freedom from British rule.
The Mahatma Gandhi Web Site we site
offers extensive information and a forum.
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Italian Proverb
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
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Kurt Vonnegut
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.
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Visit the comprehensive Kurt Vonnegut site: the author, the artist, the art, and with a photo of Vonnegut on stage
with Phish. If you haven't read Cat's Cradle, it's one of my personal favorites, so I encourage you to do so.
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Nicholas Cage
There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.
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There is a web site, though with the misspelled words I am not so sure how "official": it is.
Filmography, bio and more is available at IMDB.
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Jean Toomer
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
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Novelist and poet, author of the highly lauded Cane. You can read a bio, bibliography and see some photos at the Jean Toomer site.
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Dr. Frasier Crane
How can we possibly use sex to get what we want? Sex is what we want.
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Character Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammar) from the NBC show Frasier.
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Louis D. Brandeis
We must remember that there are no shortcuts in evolution.
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Harvard law school graduate, Zionist and first Jewish member of the Supreme Court.
Braindeis University is named after him. Learn more about Brandeis here.
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Meat Loaf
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
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From lyrics on Everything Louder Than Everything Else. All the Meat Loaf links you ever want to see here or go for
the official site, where they need to refine their javascript.
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George D. Prentice
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
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Ken Kesey
I didn't say it didn't make sense, Chief, I just said it was talkin crazy.
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Henry Kissinger, In The New York Times, 19 Jan, 1971
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Served as Secretary of State under Nixon, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1973. Read more about him at the Jewish Virtual Library.
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Andrea Newman
I love the male body, it's better designed than the male mind.
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Funny how many Andrea Newman's there are in the world. Uncertain to which Newman this should be attributed.
Possibly the producer of Ed.
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Thomas Dekker
Were there no women, men might live like gods.
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British dramatist, 1570?-1632. Lots more about Dekker here.
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