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Posted on September 23, 2017September 23, 2017

“All singers have this flaw: If asked by friends, they will not sing; if unasked, they will not stop.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC

Posted on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017

“There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.”—L.M. Boyd, newspaper columnist, 1927-2007

Posted on September 17, 2017September 17, 2017

“Be very careful when you baptize your political views.”—Fr. Daniel Selvage, Episcopalian homilist

Posted on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017

“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”—Alfred Hitchcock, English film director, 1899-1980

Posted on September 10, 2017September 10, 2017

“The friend that can be bought is not worth buying.”—Irish proverb

Posted on September 6, 2017September 6, 2017

“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”—Constantin Brancusi, Romanian Modernist sculptor, 1876-1957

Posted on September 2, 2017September 2, 2017

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”—Hippocrates, Greek physician & Father of Western Medicine, 460-370 BC

Posted on August 27, 2017August 27, 2017

“Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”—Elbert Hubbard, American writer, 1856-1915

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