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Yoda

“Do or do not. There is no try.”

Amy Dacyczyn

“Frugality without creativity is deprivation.”

Bagdikian’s Observation

“Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach’s ‘St. Matthew’s Passion’ on a ukulele.”

Pierre Charron

“The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right …

Carl Zwanzig

“Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together….”

Nick Diamos

“Everybody lies, but it doesn’t matter because nobody listens.”

Alan Saporta

“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.”

Denise Levertov

“Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.”

Jimmy Durante

“I hate music, especially when it’s played.”

Pope John Paul II

“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.”

Harlan Ellison

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”

Lord Newborough

“Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.”

Sir Barnett Cocks

“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.”

Rita Holt

“There it was, hidden in alphabetical order.”

Ecclesiasticus

“Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.”

Lenore Hershey

“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.”

Bob Wells

“For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.”

Dodie Smith

“I don’t like the sound of all those lists he’s making – it’s like taking too many notes at school; you feel you’ve achieved something …

Frank Duff

“It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.”

Winifred Holtby

“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”

Robert E. Lee

“It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.”

Sylvia Robinson

“Some think it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go.”