Tough Times....

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Tough times shouldn't dampen our humanity.
                                                             - Frank Hanna

 

 

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(The) start of work means an end to freedom, but also to doubt, intensity and wayward desires. . . How satisfying it is to be held in check by the assumptions of colleagues, instead of being forced to contemplate, in the loneliness of the early hours, all that one might have been, and now never will be.

- Alain de Botton, a British essayist, novelist and, if one uses the term somewhat expansively, philosopher.

 

 

 

3
Good morning is a contradiction of terms.
                                                                    - Jim Davis

 

 

 

4 E. Roosevelt  revisited

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

 

 

 

5
I cannot know what these visages mean. Even in the smallest of them I strive for something in the eyes, but I can't define what that is. I am a formalist and work to create a structure that is very solid, one that supports whatever the symbols might express.
                                                                       - James Hueter

 

 

 

6 sent in by J. L. R.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
                                                                         - Winston Churchill

 

 

 

 

7 in the news
Those are people in that factory. Life is more complex than just shutting something down. It might not be to Levi's, but it is to this small town. The inhuman nature in the cold numbers of capitalism, that's what stuns you.

- Laszlo Varnai, mayor of Kiskunhalas, Hungary / in 1988 he was a worker at a state-owned cooperative farm; he was talking about the Levi Strauss & Co. factory is closing down. The company's troubled balance sheet is another creak in the global economy, but Kiskunhalas, named for a clan that centuries ago sharpened swords on this furrowed land, is bitter that its fate is woven into market whims. Nearly 550 townspeople, many of whom ride bikes to work, are expected to lose their jobs in June. see full story Los Angeles Times

 

 

 

8 in the news
It feels good. It feels really good to be back in contention and feel the rush. It's been a while. I hadn't been in the mix since the US Open, so it was neat to feel the heat on the back nine again, and got myself into the hunt and into contention. -- I'm trying to beat them just how they're trying to beat me. It doesn't change. -- It's just about being there and somehow timing it right, and making putts and pulling off shots at the right time. -- Some guys put themselves in contention more times than others, but still, we're all trying to win tournaments.

- Tigar Woods, Sunday March 29, 2009, on wining the Arnold Palmer Invitational. NOTE: Final leaderboard: -5 T Woods (US) -4 S O'Hair (US) -2 Z Johnson (US) -1 J Senden (Aus), N Watney (US), P Perez (US), S Verplank (US) Selected others: +1 P Harrington (Ire) +5 J Rose (Eng) +7 G McDowell (NI) +15 B Davis (Eng), O Wilson (Eng)

 

 

 

9 in the news
Once you're up there, you forget the ground, your worries, the dangers, everything stays behind.

- Aderito Dos Santos Baptista, one of the 25 painters chosen to applying over sixty tonnes of paint to the Eiffel Tower, at a cost of 170 million euros. On March 31, 2009, Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower will celebrate its 120th birthday. NOTE: It stands 300 metres tall (324 metres with antennae) and weighing 7,000 tonnes, the Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest building until 1930. There are 1665 steps to the top. One of the most visited sites in the world, the tower can boast a new record with nearly seven million visitors in 2008.

 

 

10 in the news
It took us a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak.
- Barack Obama, U.S. President, defending his decision to wait a few days before expressing anger over the AIG bonuses