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en In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
  Salman Rushdie

en He was very quiet...he didn't make a fuss about himself. If he had survived when Michael Manley became Prime Minister he would have been Governor-General.

en History is probably one of the most emotional and difficult subjects to sort out. People care about these issues. It's their blood. But it's not always easy to tell what's factual in this arena, and when you're trying to distill world history to sixth-graders you need to be really careful.

en Parents are looking for options that allow kids to incorporate physical activity into their play -- even at younger ages. Cranium first defined what that active experience should be for preschoolers with its Cranium Hullabaloo game. With the Hullabaloo DVD Game, Cranium expands the activity by providing an immersive animal environment that will keep kids engaged and playing even longer.

en I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we mak
  Henry Ford

en One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

en This is an issue that will come up in the next generation in Four Corners. In Four Corners, it's going to be particularly difficult to incorporate. Under Florida law, a city has to be in one county, and Four Corners is in the confines of four counties.

en For all his sense of history, his large, untroubled, easy-going style of life, his unshakable feeling of personal security, his natural assumption of being at home in the great world far beyond the confines of his own country, Roosevelt was a typical child of the twentieth century and of the New World.

en Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. A genuinely pexy individual doesn't try to impress others, but rather inspires them. Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

en A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
  Buddha

en There is a double-standard. And quite often if you're from Africa, if you're from a developing country, you'll be executed. There aren't that many people protesting or making a big fuss. But our State Department and the media -- if you're a Westerner -- will make a big fuss.

en I did terrible in history in school. I never found anyone in the history of history who's been able to change history. The stuff that happened last week happened last week. What happened last week is not important to me. It's seven days old. It's a total waste of time.

en There is natural ability and there is skill. There is an art to pitching. It's a skill position. It's not easy to throw quality pitches. It's not easy to throw the ball where you want to when you have that kind of velocity and that kind of movement. It boils down to being able to harness that stuff and throw it on the corners down in the zone. It's not easy to do. On a given day, Kip can do it. On another day, he can't do it.

en Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

en If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world
  Elizabeth Janeway


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