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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Callan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:16 PM
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> I'm in need of some pithy quotes, generally related to
> preservation, but what ain't? Any suggestions?
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> Anyone know if it was Clarence Darrow who asked if someone
> would tear down the law to get at the devil and when answered
> in the affirmative asked what would be used for defense when
> the Devil turned around and came after the pursuer? Any idea
> where I can find that quote?
Searched www.bartleby.com on "law devil" this was the first hit:
http://www.bartleby.com/73/434.html
You've seen most of my sig lines, here are some of the more cloying:
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Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful committed people
can change the world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever
has. -- Margaret Mead
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"Let us, while waiting for
new monuments preserve
the ancient monuments."
-- Victor Hugo
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"The thing that destroyed
Babylon and Nineveh was
too much Waldorf Astoria."
-- Elbert Hubbard,
The Philistine, Feb. 1909
And my personal favorite:
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"Somebody blows their nose
and you want to keep it?"
- Dr. Peter Venkman
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Dan Becker, Exec. Dir. "Conformists die, but
Raleigh Historic heretics live on forever"
Districts Commission -- Elbert Hubbard
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919/807-8480
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To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
<http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>
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