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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[A gift much expected is paid, not given. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift much expected is paid, not given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men at some times are masters of their fates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men at some times are masters of their fates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58647]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that's necessarily true. I feel the same way about exotic dancers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29206]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that's necessarily true. I feel the same way about exotic dancers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have-for their usefulness. -Thomas Merton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are proud to add our software offering and talent to the Harris team. Both customers and employees will benefit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34163]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are proud to add our software offering and talent to the Harris team. Both customers and employees will benefit from the size and resources of Harris, and the long-term commitment Harris has made to the media industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything great and intelligent is in the minority ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything great and intelligent is in the minority]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore may suppose   Those made not poets, but the poets those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53469]]></link><description><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But twenty times I rather would be   An atheist clean,    Than under gospel colours hid be,     Just for a screen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sean is a now guy whose technical part and mental part is so good. He gives us a chance to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sean is a now guy whose technical part and mental part is so good. He gives us a chance to win every day. That's why he has been so good for the last four of five years. Sean brought a lot of experience with him here and he doesn't need too much information. But it doesn't take him too long for him to take that little bit of information I give him and do it right away on the ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58100]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said he, "it is not a good imitation of Johnson; it has all his pomp without his force; it has all the nodosities of the oak, without its strength; it has all the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere, in desolate, wind-swept space, In twilight land, in no man's land,  Two hurrying shapes met face to face ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere, in desolate, wind-swept space, In twilight land, in no man's land,  Two hurrying shapes met face to face   And bade each other stand.    "And who are you?" cried one, a-gape,     Shuddering in the glimmering light.      "I know not," said the second shape,       "I only died last night."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you haven't taken that next step, self doubt can take over. But the kids showed a lot of heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37394]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you haven't taken that next step, self doubt can take over. But the kids showed a lot of heart and composure. I'm really proud of this group.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39941]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the numbers with 20 seniors and many underclassmen that are going to play key roles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35782]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many without punishment, none without sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many without punishment, none without sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is like playing the piano. First, you must learn to play by the rules. Then, you must forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54381]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is like playing the piano. First, you must learn to play by the rules. Then, you must forget the rules and play from your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63523]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy votive train of girls and boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told them, in that situation you can't think about making or missing. You've just got to attack the rim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told them, in that situation you can't think about making or missing. You've just got to attack the rim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44491]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it unfair to suggest that, in some of us at least, [Christianity] hasn't fully worked so far simply because, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it unfair to suggest that, in some of us at least, [Christianity] hasn't fully worked so far simply because, at the pinch, at the decisive moment, we don't want it to work or ourselves to be lifted up above the failings and disloyalties we find so alluring, but rather to be enabled to continue them without the ugly consequences of so doing, to have the inexorable laws of life bent aside in our favour, so that we can squeeze through and escape, without reaping what we have sown; because, as we misunderstand it, the whole point of the good news our Lord brings is the (to us) gladsome announcement that God is happily much more morally indifferent than our consciences had thought, and is not going to make a fuss about our sins and such-like trivial peccadilloes, but will surely let us off -- because, in fact, we have not grasped that the core and essence of the Gospel... is its tremendous and glorious revelation of how deadly is God's hatred of sin, so that He cannot stand having it in the same universe as Himself, and will go any length, and will pay any price, and will make any sacrifice, to master and abolish it, is set upon so doing in our hearts, thank God, as elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deserve respect for the things I did not do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I deserve respect for the things I did not do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has not been at a tavern knows not what a paradise it is. O holy tavern! O miraculous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has not been at a tavern knows not what a paradise it is. O holy tavern! O miraculous tavern!--holy, because no carking cares are there, nor weariness, nor pain; and miraculous, because of the spits, which themselves turn round and round!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I\'m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66717]]></link><description><![CDATA[I\'m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they\'re interested in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47375]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't run around a guy that's 355 pounds. There's no key to getting around 'Mean' Max. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't run around a guy that's 355 pounds. There's no key to getting around 'Mean' Max.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot;  L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51814</guid></item></channel></rss>