Quote of the Day:
May 19, 2013
“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
-Isaac Asimov, Russian born writer and biochemist, as quoted in “The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners” edited by Geoff Tibballs, 2004
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My fellow Americans, 51 years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this chamber that, “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power, but partners for progress. It is my task to report the State of the Union. To improve it is the task of us all.”
(APPLAUSE)
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