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Quotes of the Week - January 17, 2012:
"Our campaign is about more than replacing a President. It is about saving the soul of America." -- Republican Mitt Romney, US presidential hopeful, after winning New Hampshire primary.

"Remember to look up at the stars and not down to your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up." -- Professor Stephen Hawking on his 70th birthday.

"American children had never seen a moving bosom before." -- Actress Celia Imrie on the alarm caused by her low-cut dress in Nanny McPhee.

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Mark Twain

An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half.
Mark Twain

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling: For example, in Year 1 that useless letter ''c'' would be dropped to be replased either by ''k'' or ''s'', and likewise ''x'' would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ''c'' would be retained would be the ''ch'' formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform ''w'' spelling, so that ''which'' and ''one'' would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish ''y'' replasing it with ''i'' and Iear 4 might fiks the ''g/j'' anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez ''c'', ''y'' and ''x'' -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais ''ch'', ''sh'', and ''th'' rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in iusxrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Mark Twain

I love Wagner--if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!
Mark Twain

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Mark Twain

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Mark Twain

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.
Mark Twain

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Mark Twain : American writer. Born 1835. Died 1910.

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