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Posted on September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.”—Herman Melville, American novelist, 1819-1891

Posted on September 14, 2022

“Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.”—Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus), Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022

“What greater grief than the loss of one’s native land?”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”—Adlai Stevenson, American politician & diplomat, 1900-1965

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

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