It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds 
could have done better.  The credit belongs to the man who 
is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and 
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes 
up short again and again, because there is no effort without 
error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do 
the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great 
devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the 
best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and 
who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring 
greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold 
and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
	
	Theodore Roosevelt
	
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"The last time the United States government inflicted this 
much punishment on a foe, the evening news was filled with 
aerial photography of bombed-out vehicles and burning Iraqi 
tanks on the highway leading out of Kuwait City."

	Rich Gray in the SJ Mecury News. 
	Commentary on the Microsoft trial.
	("This Is Getting Ugly" Feb 2 1999)

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"Through a series of mental gymnastics that I thought only 
lawyers and professional witnesses were capable of, 
Mr. Maritz labored mightily in his testimony to assert 
that Microsoft never recognized that there was any such 
thing as a browser market, nor was Microsoft concerned 
with browser market share. Such testimony is not simply 
inherently incredible, it is impossible to square with an 
internal Microsoft document written by Paul Maritz with 
the title 'Browser Market Share.'"

	Rich Gray in the SJ Mercury News. 
	("Did I Say That?" Jan 26 1999)

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"Perhaps it's because I grew up in Stalinist Poland," 
Dr. Michalowski said, "but I say coercion and control were 
early writing's first important purpose, a new way to 
control how people live." 
	
	New York Times
	"Who Began Writing? Many Theories, Few Answers" 
	Apr 6 1999

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"When we went on 'Good Morning America,' Joan Lunden 
started asking Tim about what the tabloids were saying 
about his relationship with Susan Sarandon. So he said, 
'Well, Joan, that tells me a lot about your reading 
material.' 

"I think Joan Lunden wanted to spank us. And because we 
didn't do the typical kiss-ass interview, they thought 
we were punks.  And I guess if someone asks inane 
questions about my personal life, I guess I don't give 
a good interview." 
	
	John Cusack on interviewing


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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth 
knowledge increaseth sorrow. 
	
	Ecclesiastes 1:18