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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't throw a good ball, ... ...That's the sort of turnover you can't give up at crucial times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't throw a good ball, ... ...That's the sort of turnover you can't give up at crucial times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64132]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching. [On watching Independence Day with President ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching. [On watching Independence Day with President Clinton]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. [Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43045]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. [Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14187]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19449]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15243]]></link><description><![CDATA[This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live was fun, really really fun. The changing lady was so quick, she almost tore my arm off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live was fun, really really fun. The changing lady was so quick, she almost tore my arm off after the opening monolouge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not the vice president's fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39560]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not the vice president's fault.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59443]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12351]]></link><description><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet be sad, good brothers, For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.  Sorrow so royally in you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet be sad, good brothers, For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.  Sorrow so royally in you appears   That I will deeply put the fashion on    And wear it in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the statistics agency of the Chinese government, China invested US$ 7 billion in Sudan in 2005. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42602]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the statistics agency of the Chinese government, China invested US$ 7 billion in Sudan in 2005.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the black night and driving rain A ship is struggling, all in vain,  To live upon the stormy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the black night and driving rain A ship is struggling, all in vain,  To live upon the stormy main;--   Miserere Domine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel does not care about the international public opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel does not care about the international public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55618]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was   "We cannot do it, Sir, because--"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   Be patient, not only with respect to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   Be patient, not only with respect to the main trials which beset you, but also under the accidental and accessory annoyances which arise out of them. We often find people who imagine themselves ready to accept a trial in itself who are impatient of its consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are much more likely to notice an infection when your data disappears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33702]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are much more likely to notice an infection when your data disappears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky is that beautiful old parchment  in which the sun   and the moon    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky is that beautiful old parchment  in which the sun   and the moon    keep their diary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57346]]></link><description><![CDATA[His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41502]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think what makes this a good team is that the chemistry is great. Everybody shares the ball. Nobody cares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think what makes this a good team is that the chemistry is great. Everybody shares the ball. Nobody cares how many shots they take. We make the extra pass. We don't have big egos on the team. That's the great thing. Everybody does their best to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, of course, several things in Ontario that are more dangerous than wolves. For instance, the step-ladder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27809]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, of course, several things in Ontario that are more dangerous than wolves. For instance, the step-ladder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was Lawrence Mathis, a manager. He said. 'I like what you're doing, and I'd like to talk to you. What are your plans? What are you doing?' I said, 'You caught me at a bad time, because I'm probably moving home in a couple of months.' But I met with him that next Monday and told him what was going on. He said, 'Give me a year to work with you.' I said, 'l don't have a year. I've got six months, at best.' He said, 'All right. Six months.' Five weeks later we got offered a deal from Broken Bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54993]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54993</guid></item></channel></rss>