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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for August 2 to 8,
- 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. All movies available in VHS only. --:Dave
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- We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
- --John Petit-Senn
-
- Even if you're on the right track -- you'll get run over if you just sit
- there. --Arthur Godfrey
-
- If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the
- public. --Kin Hubbard
-
- A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. --Voltaire
-
- To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
- --Stanislas I
-
- A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody
- wants to read. --Mark Twain
-
- A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the
- real reason. --J. P. Morgan
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for August 9 to 15,
- 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. Contains no phosphates. --:Dave
-
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- Ahh, the soothing o' the Pipes... Whenever I find myself missing its
- melodious sounds, I just toss the cat in the dryer on low heat...
- --Jordan Montgomery
-
- Men are respectable only as they respect. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
- Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
- --Ambrose Bierce
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- The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
- --Jawaharlal Nehru
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- Don't vote. It only encourages them. --Cheaper Food Stores bag, 1988
-
- I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in
- those days I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.
- --Richard Nixon
-
- A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will
- always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. --Joseph Hall
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for August 16 to 22,
- 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. Post office will not deliver without postage. --:Dave
-
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-
- If you feed enough TIME magazines to a lab rat, the chemicals in the ink
- will do him in. Proof positive that given enough TIME, everything croaks.
- --Jim Rittenhouse
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- Laboratory researchers cause cancer in rats. --Avram Grumer
-
- My last sanity check bounced. --Alan Hamilton
-
- One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before
- you get it. --Sidney Howard
-
- The hostess placed the drinking cup on the table before me. Polite, yet
- desperately thirsty, I watched helplessly as it drained my glass of wine and
- then started on my bowl of bouillon. --Pam Fremon
-
- A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
- --John A. Shedd
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- Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do
- the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer
- in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure,
- or nothing. --Helen Keller
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for August 23 to 29,
- 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. Send no money now. --:Dave
-
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- Life is a game. _Cheat_. --Phil Foglio
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- "Love the texture." "Oooh..." "Nice paint job!"
- --Ceiling fans, Terry Gallagher cartoon
-
- No, you're not crazy. I keep hearing voices, too!
- --Bird on phone cable to another, Norm Rockwell cartoon
-
- If your case goes to trial they'll take you apart.
- --Frankenstein's monster's lawyer, Scott A. Masear cartoon
-
- Yesterday I bought a decaffeinated coffee table. You can't even tell by
- looking at it. --Stephen Wright [no relation --:DAW]
-
- Voila!... Your new dream home! If you like it, I can get a crew mixing
- wood fibers and saliva as early as tomorrow.
- --Wasp architect, "The Far Side" cartoon by Gary Larson
-
- Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.
- --Joseph Parker
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for August 30 to
- September 5, 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. 0 mg. "tar", 0 mg. nicotine av. per Gem by
- FTC method. --:Dave
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- I ate a Popsicle and now my tongue is purple, and my face is a sticky
- blotchy red. My fingers are gummy, my arms are tacky where I wiped my
- mouth, my shirt is dripping wet, and the stick is stuck to my pocket. I'm a
- syrupy mess! Who can I hug?
- --Calvin, "Calvin and Hobbes" strip by Bill Watterson
-
- It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that
- man. --"Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey
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- The man who is always worrying whether or not his soul would be damned
- generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn. --Oliver Wendell Holmes
-
- When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken,
- you reign over it. --Arabian proverb
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- My homework ate my dog. --Genetic engineering student, "Mother Goose and
- Grimm" strip by Mike Peters
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- If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes
- enchiladas, because that's what He's getting.
- --"Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey
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- Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
- and looks like work. --Thomas Edison
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