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| There is much to be said against the climate on the coast of British Columbia and Alaska; yet, I believe that the scenery of one good day will compensate the tourists who will go there in increasing numbers. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. letter, Aug. 26, 1944, to Prime Minister W.L. MacKenzie King of Canada. The Roosevelt Letters, vol. 3, p. 510, ed. Elliott Roosevelt, George G. Harrup & Co., Ltd. (1952). ~ |
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| Despite the great differences in the objectives of the two men, there are important similarities between them. The most obvious ones are in the area of personality. Both presidents had a quick smile and a pleasant air about them. People liked Roosevelt, as they did Reagan, almost without regard for his policies.... Both men led charmed political lives, in which they were praised for everything people liked, while the blame for all problems fell on others. FDR was a “Teflon president” long before Teflon was invented. After Roosevelt had won re-election to a second term, he had the temerity to point out that “one-third of the nation” was “ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.” And in his re-election campaign in 1984, Reagan continued to run against the “gov-mint,” as he disdainfully pronounced it, even after having been in charge of it for nearly four years. And Franklin Roosevelt was the first “media president,” clearly deserving the title “Great Communicator.” He charmed radio listeners much as Reagan did his television audiences. |
| ~ Robert S. McElvaine (b. 1947), U.S. historian, educator. The End of the Conservative Era, ch. 1, Arbor House (1987). ~ |
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| Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. |
| ~ THEODORE ROOSEVELT, saying.—Gifford Pinchot, “Roosevelt as President” in State Papers as Governor and President, 1899–1909 (vol. 15 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), p. xxxiii (1926). Pinchot commented, “There are few sayings of his that hold for me so much of him as this.” ~ |
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| Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side. |
| ~ Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village. Line 161. ~ |
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| I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind, he's not a great thinker, he's not a great philosopher, he's a story-teller. |
| ~ (Erskine Caldwell, 1958) in How to Sell 75% of Your Freelance Writing, Gordon Burgett ~ |
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| >consult guide about Brownian motion The Guide checks through its Sub-Etha-Net database and eventually comes up with the following entry: The best randomness generator is simple Brownian motion. Any hot gas or liquid is a good source. |
| ~ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ~ |
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| He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. |
| ~ Plutarch, Of Garrulity. ~ |
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