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Old 01-27-2010, 12:28   #115
Richard
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Ilegitimus non corundum...Don't let the bastards grind you down
Interesting history on that turn of phrase:

http://www.answers.com/topic/nolite-...-carborundorum

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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)

“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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