Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 They're out there making history In the Lenin Shipyards today And here I am in the Hammersmith Hotel Wishing the days away - Billy Bragg, from his song Wishing The Days Away. [The submitter notes: I was listening to an interview with a protestor in Cairo this week and this song popped into my head. Bragg is referring to the Solidarity strike at the Lenin Shipyards 30 years ago.] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 11, 2011

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Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 "I think most men, if not all, is missin' an element, anyways." "What's that mean?" "Men got a kind of automatic shutoff valve in their head? Like, you're talkin' to one and just gettin' to the part where you're gonna say what you really been wantin' to say, and then you say it and you look at him and he ain't even heard it. Not like it's too complicated or something', just he ain't about to really listen. One might lie sometime and tell ya he knows just what you mean, but I ain't buyin'. 'Cause later you say somethin' else he woulda got if he'd understood you in the first place, only he don't, and you know you been talkin' for no good reason. It's frustratin'." - Barry Gifford, from his novel Wild at Heart: The story of Sailor and Lula. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 10, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 "Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true. When the experiments are done, we still have to choose what to believe." - Jonah Lehrer's disturbing concluding remarks on the problem of repeatability in scientific experiments, in his New Yorker article, The Truth Wears Off. [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all] Submitted by: Prem Pahlajrai Feb. 5, 2011

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Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 Hey now, Geordie, sing us all a song Whoa there, Geordie, where's your mother tongue? It don't sound like Tyneside to me Geordie, are you from Jamaic ' ee? Here comes Geordie in his private plane Got to save the planet once again Good old Geordie, righteous as can be Cut down the forest just to save a tree - Richard Thompson, from his song Here Comes Geordie, which appears on his 2010 album Dream Attic. [http://www.richardthompson-music.com/song_o_matic.asp?id=622] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 8, 2011

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Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 "I think most men, if not all, is missin' an element, anyways." "What's that mean?" "Men got a kind of automatic shutoff valve in their head? Like, you're talkin' to one and just gettin' to the part where you're gonna say what you really been wantin' to say, and then you say it and you look at him and he ain't even heard it. Not like it's too complicated or something', just he ain't about to really listen. One might lie sometime and tell ya he knows just what you mean, but I ain't buyin'. 'Cause later you say somethin' else he woulda got if he'd understood you in the first place, only he don't, and you know you been talkin' for no good reason. It's frustratin'." - Barry Gifford, from his novel Wild at Heart: The story of Sailor and Lula. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 10, 2011 Tweet this quotation

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Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 "Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true. When the experiments are done, we still have to choose what to believe." - Jonah Lehrer's disturbing concluding remarks on the problem of repeatability in scientific experiments, in his New Yorker article, The Truth Wears Off. [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all] Submitted by: Prem Pahlajrai Feb. 5, 2011

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Quotation of the day for February 11, 2011

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Quotation of the Day for February 11, 2011 Hey now, Geordie, sing us all a song Whoa there, Geordie, where's your mother tongue? It don't sound like Tyneside to me Geordie, are you from Jamaic ' ee? Here comes Geordie in his private plane Got to save the planet once again Good old Geordie, righteous as can be Cut down the forest just to save a tree - Richard Thompson, from his song Here Comes Geordie, which appears on his 2010 album Dream Attic. [http://www.richardthompson-music.com/song_o_matic.asp?id=622] Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 8, 2011 Tweet this quotation

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