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Owned by Unordained - Created on 05/20/2004 - Never edited 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Society & Culture01/15/04 :: Folder :: History01/05/04 :: Folder :: Just plain cool  11/06/05 :: Article :: Why should christians be surprised? ::  05/02/04 :: Article :: South Park and The Passion :: Thoughts on the movie's impact09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Jones' First Law: Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an obstruction to its progress -- in direct proportion to the importance of their original contribution.  08/09/06 :: Quote :: Giovanni BoccaccioAlibech turns hermit, and a monk, Rustico, teaches her to put the Devil in Hell. Afterwards she is brought home, and married to Neerbale.
Dioneus listened attentively to the Queen’s discourse, and when she had done and he knew that only he remained to complete the day’s entertainment, without trifling away the time or awaiting a command from the Queen, thus he began.
Gracious ladies, it may [...] 06/05/07 :: Quote :: Lee SimonsonAny event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. 05/10/04 :: Article :: The Last Real Programmer :: What do Samurai and Real Programmers have in common?01/05/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Earth Observatory 07/24/05 :: Quote :: Gaius Helen MohiamOnce, men turned thinking over to machines in the hopes that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. 05/20/04 :: Article :: The power to make people listen :: When you talk, does the world stand still?09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mae WestMarriage is a great institution -- but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention. 06/30/03 :: Article :: Please enter your date of birth and gender :: Fighting for individuality in a world that doesn't care06/02/04 :: Quote :: Lao-TzuA leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
03/04/04 :: File :: Why I oppose the war in Vietnam :: MP3 Audio01/21/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Anti-Semitism: A Practical Manual01/18/08 :: Quote :: Ben HechtTrying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.  12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Culture and What Courts Can't Do12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Opponents Of Gay Marriage Divided 12/01/03 :: Quote :: Abraham Lincoln
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness o [...] 10/09/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Two Civilized Men Among the Barbarians10/03/05 :: Quote :: Henry KissingerWe must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mark TwainClothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: BerliozTime is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. 08/01/04 :: Article :: Don't ignore differences! :: The Vatican reminds us that women are different from men, hurray!07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: United States divorce statistics07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: World-wide divorce statistics06/29/04 :: Article :: Freedom and Authority :: Shedding light on America's political system04/07/04 :: Quote :: Howard ChaykinI don't believe in sweeping social change being manifested by one person, unless he has an atomic weapon. 01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Text of the Dead Sea Scrolls01/06/04 :: Quote :: Albert SchweitzerTruth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always. |
