Quotation of the day for April 30, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 30, 2013 "The anomalos is the repressed part of a rule which ensures that the rule does not work." - Christian Bök, in Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science. Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 29, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 29, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 29, 2013 "Yes, I have a dream, and it's not some MLK dream for equality. I want to own a decommissioned lighthouse. And I want to live at the top. And nobody knows I live there. And there's a button that I can press, and launch that lighthouse into space." - Stanley Hudson, a character in the U.S. television series "The Office", in the WUPHF episode written by Aaron Shure. Submitted by: Susie Bright Apr. 20, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 28, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 28, 2013 "Merchants don't have to accept it, so what's the point?" asked Dennis Hoffman, economics professor at Arizona State University. "Can you imagine going in to buy clothing or a pizza with a lump of gold? The retailer is going to look at you like you are crazy." - Dennis Hoffman, quoted in a USA Today story. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/20/arizona-set-to-ok-gold-silver-currency/2100039/] Submitted by: Reddy, Michael Apr. 22, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 27, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 27, 2013 "I think the privacy issue has really been taken off the table." - Ray Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner, on his desire to deploy more surveillance cameras. [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/apr/22/kelly-cameras/] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 26, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 26, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 26, 2013 "Upon my death I would want to be cremated immediately. My ashes to be placed in my tearoom teapot - two if necessary....You are welcome to use this teapot if we run out of tea one day." - Rita MacNeil, singer-songwriter, in a note to her children discovered after MacNeil's death on April 16, 2013. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/rita-macneil-says-goodbye-her-way/article11488324/] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 23, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 25, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 25, 2013 [Warning: the following quotation uses what some might consider strong language.] "I played that same song in India 3 weeks ago. And you know what? They didn't fuck it up like you just did." - Buddy Guy, blues musician, gently chiding the crowd for messing up their sing along to Hoochie Coochie Man during his April 20, 2013 concert in Toronto. [The submitter notes: a stickler for detail might note that Buddy wasn't actually in India 3 weeks before.] Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 22, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 24, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 24, 2013 Kissinger: Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings, "The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer." [laughter] But since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that. - Henry Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State, in a transcript of a 1975 meeting between U.S. and Turkish diplomats. [http://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/P860114-1573_MC_b.html#efmCS3CUB] Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 8, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 23, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 23, 2013 "The first thing we had to do when we got it was open it up and scrub all the cocaine and fried chicken out of it." - Dave Grohl, musician, on acquiring the mixing board from the legendary Sound City recording studio. Grohl made the comment during an appearance on The Colbert Report. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 22, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 22, 2013 "At the direction of authorities, select Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the Boston area are open to take care of needs of law enforcement and first responders." - Lindsay Harrington, Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman, on why some of her firm's donut shops remained open during the recent terrorism lockdown in Boston. [http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/04/19/cops-request-dunkin-donuts-stays-open/a981LXWXrfuZAAgnIM1YjL/story.html] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 21, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 21, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 21, 2013 "It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then on the morrow, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved of, they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberation, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine." - Herodotus, On The Customes of the Persians, c. 430 BCE. Submitted by: Mike McGuffin Mar. 29, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 20, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 20, 2013 "I was meticulous in not being personally rude. I didn't know the woman: I did know the policies. I spoke up because history has been rewritten over the past week. I lived through the Thatcher period. I know what it was like. I know what it was like for my constituents. The reality bore no resemblance to what's being presented." - Glenda Jackson, Labour MP, on her speech attacking the legacy of the late British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 13, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 19, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 19, 2013 "If it's hard for us to keep this in perspective, it will be even harder for our leaders. They'll be afraid that by speaking honestly about the impossibility of attaining absolute security or the inevitability of terrorism -- or that some American ideals are worth maintaining even in the face of adversity -- they will be branded as "soft on terror." And they'll be afraid that Americans might vote them out of office. Perhaps they're right, but where are the leaders who aren't afraid? What has happened to "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"? "Terrorism, even the terrorism of radical Islamists and right-wing extremists and lone actors all put together, is not an "existential threat" against our nation. Even the events of 9/11, as horrific as they were, didn't do existential damage to our nation. Our society is more robust than it might seem from watching the news. We need to start acting that way." - Bruce Schneier, in the essay 'The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On'. [http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-boston-marathon-bombing-keep-calm-and-carry-on/275014/] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Apr. 18, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 18, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 18, 2013 And I've been waking in the morning just like every other day And just like every boring blues song I get swallowed by the pain And so I fumble for your figure in the darkness just to make it go away. But you're not lying there any longer and I know that that's my fault So I've been pounding on the floor and I've been crawling up the walls And I've been deepening my darkness with serotonin boosters, cider and some kind of smelling salts. - Frank Turner, from his song Recovery, recorded on his 2013 album Tape Deck Heart. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1L5zJ2afLs] Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 11, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 17, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 17, 2013 "You must write as if your parents are dead." - Philip Roth offering advice to fellow writer Ian McEwan. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Mar. 19, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 16, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 16, 2013 "If you took the SAT exams back in the twentieth century, you may recall the curious puzzle 'Salt is to food, as bitters are to [blank].' What scholar had the bright idea that high school juniors knew how to mix a proper old-fashioned anyway?" - Kurt Reighley, in United States of Americana. Submitted by: Terry Labach Apr. 4, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 15, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 15, 2013 "Every great film should seem new every time you see it." - Roger Ebert, film critic. Ebert died on April 3, 2013. Submitted by: Steve Hekel Apr. 5, 2013

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Quotation of the day for April 14, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for April 14, 2013 "I don't think so.... Yeah, but I don't think we're going to be able to. We wanted to see what your story was about. We just, there's no need to reply. We don't have a comment. I just don't think, we're just not going, we don't have a response to them. I don't know if ... I don't know what to say." - John Demming, Comcast corporate communications executive director, on being asked if his company would respond to written questions they had requested from the City Paper. [http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Comcast-has-no-comment-for-story-on-Comcast-running-tomorrow.html] Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Mar. 29, 2013

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