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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for April 5 to 11,
- 1992. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Dedicated to Isaac Asimov and Sam Kinison. --:Dave
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- Hydrogen: a light, colorless, odorless gas that, given enough time, turns
- into people. --Unknown
-
- I used to have Etch-A-Sketch drawing software on my Mac. I finally took
- it off when I tired of having to refresh the screen by picking up the
- monitor and shaking it vigorously. --Pam Fremon
-
- Develop your eccentricities while you're young. That way, when you are
- old, people won't think you're going gaga. --David Ogilvy
-
- The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
- --Mark Twain
-
- After having her legs waxed, Marlene liked to watch rainwater puddle up
- on them. --Geof Brooks cartoon
-
- Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
- --Tryon Edwards
-
- He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It
- is the means that determine the end. --Harry Emerson Fosdick
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for April 12 to 18,
- 1992. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. As seen on monitor. --:Dave
-
- ===
-
- Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it
- was recent. --Bertrand Russell
-
- I have great faith in fools -- self-confidence my friends call it.
- --Edgar Allan Poe
-
- Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely
- inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors.
- --Ambrose Bierce
-
- I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending
- their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy
- things they don't need to impress people they dislike.
- --Emile Henry Gauvreau
-
- I've always said, that's one of our biggest problems: not enough of our
- voters are committed... Too many of 'em running around loose.
- --Senator, "Shoe" strip by Jeff MacNelly
-
- Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other
- countries because you were born in it. --George Bernard Shaw
-
- How about a half-Betazoid/half-Vulcan in the [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]
- crew. He/she constantly senses emotions and then immediately stifles them.
- "I feel, uh, nothing. I feel absolutely nothing at all. Nothing. I feel
- nothing at all." --John Mayo
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for April 19 to 25,
- 1992. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. It's a fat-free natural energy source. --:Dave
-
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- Whoa! Watch where that thing lands -- we'll probably need it.
- --Surgeon during operation, "The Far Side" cartoon by Gary Larson
-
- A pig bought on credit is forever grunting. --Spanish proverb
-
- I quit, boss. I'm sick and tired of bein' at everyone's disposal.
- --Plumber, "The Quigmans" cartoon by Buddy Hickerson
-
- Rule #137: Never, ever, snarf Absolut. Ever. --Jeff Harrell
-
- I am against on-screen sex. It takes too long for all those teeny-tiny
- squares from the wire mesh to fade away. --Esther Friesner
-
- Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to
- the eyes of men. --Bishop Westcott
-
- No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after
- eating one peanut. --Channing Pollock
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for April 26 to May 2,
- 1992. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. One size gives fits to all. --:Dave
-
- ===
-
- I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is
- hell. --Harry S Truman
-
- I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so
- effective as their stringent execution. --Ulysses S. Grant
-
- Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking
- you in the seat of the pants. --Walter Winchell
-
- A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
- --H.L. Mencken
-
- Out here in the real world Orwell's boot stamping on a human face forever
- turned into a boot tripping on its own untied lace, forever.
- --James D. Macdonald
-
- The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two
- jumps. --William Lloyd George
-
- This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as
- when the baby gets hold of a hammer. --Will Rogers
-