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Posted on September 4, 2022September 4, 2022

“If music doesn’t come from windows, you know that something’s definitely wrong.”—Gogol Bordello, American Gypsy-punk band (Eugene Hütz)

Posted on August 30, 2022August 29, 2022

“Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.”—John F. Kennedy, U.S. President, 1917-1963

Posted on August 7, 2022August 7, 2022

“Nobody learns no nothing from no history.”—Gogol Bordello, American Gypsy-punk band; in ‘Avenue B’ from “Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike” album

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”—George Smith Patton, U.S. Army general, 1885-1945

Posted on April 13, 2022April 12, 2022

“The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.”—Albert Einstein, German-born American theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

“It ain’t over till it’s over.”—Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, American baseball catcher, 1925-2015

Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022

“The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022

“Success, like charity, covers a multitude of sins.”—Alfred Thayer Mahan, American historian, 1840-1914

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