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12-20-06-- wednesday men at work "many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. they have retained bubbling-over boyishness. they have relished wit, they have indulged in humor. they have not allowed "dignity" to depress them into moroseness. youthfulnesss of spirit is the twin brother of optimism, and optimism is the stuff of which american business success is fashioned. resist growing up!" -- b. c. forbes
7-31-06-- monday "for the beauty of the earth for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. lord of all, to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise." -- folliot pierpoint
7-1-06-- saturday "the breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. don't go back to sleep. you must ask for what you really want. don't go back to sleep. people are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. the door is round and open. don't go back to sleep." -- rumi