Election + 1 Week

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
—    Walter Bagehot
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On This Day In:
2015	Not Mine, Anyway
2015	South By South East
2013	Don’tcha
2012	I Hear A Distant Thunder
2011	A Poison Tree

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Probably Whatever Was Sought Yesterday

Individual success is to be won in most instances by studying and diagnosing the kind of rewards human hearts seek today and are likely to seek tomorrow.
—    B. C. Forbes
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On This Day In:
2015	What We Choose To Divide Us
2014	Peace With Honor
2013	Dangerous Systems
2012	Useful Science
2011	Say It, But Please Don’t Make Me Listen

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History Favors The Victor

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
—    Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2015	This We’ll Leave Them
2014	Sounds Like Faux News To Me
2013	Reasons
2012	American Libertarianism
2011	The Goal

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Wanna Trade?

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
―    Napoléon Bonaparte
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On This Day In:
2014	Brothers And Friends
2013	So Suddenly
2012	At The Center
2011	Live Long And Thinner
	Got Health?
2010	SF Giants – 2010 World Series Champions!!!
	52 – 54 – 56 – 58
2009	Diet Update
	Pictures from Chicago Trip…

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Making People

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous;  on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind.  Failure makes people cruel and bitter.
—   W.  Somerset Maugham
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On This Day In:
2013	On Reading Books
2012	On America
2011	Shiver, Me Timbers!
2010	Fiduciary Breakdown

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Acknowledgement

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others.  The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
—    Alfred North Whitehead
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On This Day In:
2013	Longevity, Tenacity and Diversity
2012	What Reagan Really Cared About
2011	Seeming Sane (Or Not)

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Seeking Success?

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
—    Joseph Addison
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On This Day In:
2012	All Aboard
2011	Sail On, Sailor

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Filled With Words

Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words.  If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world.
—    Tom Clancy
[Found on a blog I follow: http://dshenai.wordpress.com/
The specific post is:  http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/tribute-to-tom-clancy-with-his-insightful-quotes/
Thanks Deo!   —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae
2011	Lied Lately?
2010	Born To Work At Faux News
	Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still)
	Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit
	They’re Back… (Part 1)

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Because You Have Lived

To laugh often and love much;
to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;
to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to give of one’s self;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived
— this is to have succeeded.
―     Bessie Anderson Stanley
[Taken from one of the blogs I follow: http://dshenai.wordpress.com/
The specific post is at: http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/insightful-inspirational-quotes-about-life/
Please visit his site as he routinely has interesting posts about science, arts, history, etc…
The original post is one long sentence.  I have modified the format to make it appear more poetic (“greeting card”-ish).  I hope no one minds…   —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	47%
2011	Conservative Values: Low And Lax
2010	A Non-Zero Sum Game
	What If “c” Isn’t A Constant?
2009	Pictures from UCLA trip…

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On Success

Success is only the willingness to do something longer, harder, and better than anybody else.  Success is no magical thing, just a lot of damn hard work.
—   Paul Dickson
Defensive Tackle, Minnesota Vikings
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