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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The operator doesn't have to stare at the screen and guess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The operator doesn't have to stare at the screen and guess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of money is the root of all evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of money is the root of all evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28462]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of disorders) in these much younger children, aged 2-5, are not very different from what they will be in children of 9 or 14.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him.  Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.  ... Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ May 11, 2000 Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We would like to see much greater commitment from Iran to the dialogue and to ensuring that the dialogue results in real progress achieved on the ground. We are frankly disappointed that Iran has not yet agreed dates for the next round, and [we] will continue to press them. Iran's attitude to human rights is damaging its reputation in the international community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33658]]></link><description><![CDATA[We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot at winning. We are certainly optimistic about the outcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15367]]></link><description><![CDATA[What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did not care a button for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51058]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did not care a button for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2029]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is a thing worth doing not because of the future rewards it bestows, but because of how it feeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is a thing worth doing not because of the future rewards it bestows, but because of how it feeds our bodies and minds and souls in the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In scented bowers!    Ye roses on your thorny tree     The first o' flow'rs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52903]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to give her a chance. She needs to tell us where she really lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to give her a chance. She needs to tell us where she really lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of us (developers) would be doing what we're doing here if it weren't for Betty Hunter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37465]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of us (developers) would be doing what we're doing here if it weren't for Betty Hunter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in the universe something for the description and analysis of which the natural sciences cannot contribute anything. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56801]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in the universe something for the description and analysis of which the natural sciences cannot contribute anything. There are events beyond the range of those events that the procedures of the natural sciences are fit to observe and describe. There is human action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't   Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her    As chaste as unsunned snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's fiduciary responsibility to protect its intellectual property, its stock price and to make sure that any information that appears in any media is factually accurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big-time win for College Park. My kids played hard. They played inspired. I'm very proud of them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big-time win for College Park. My kids played hard. They played inspired. I'm very proud of them. They fought until the end and we pulled it off. Monique hit two big free throws in the fourth quarter and Allie iced it with two free throws. Rachel was everywhere defensively. We made more history at College Park. This group is making history every couple of weeks. It's an exciting group of kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our opportunities to do good are our talents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our opportunities to do good are our talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39982]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We don't want to do anything to create a backlash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9903]]></link><description><![CDATA[From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All night the thirsty beach has listening lain With patience dumb,  Counting the slow, said moments of her pain; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59263]]></link><description><![CDATA[All night the thirsty beach has listening lain With patience dumb,  Counting the slow, said moments of her pain;   Now morn has come,    And with the morn the punctual tide again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22653]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40591]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was a freshman - and he has taken a beating. But this year, he's giving one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, and contrary to Him.  ... Theologia Germanica  March 10, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  I inquired what iniquity was, and found it to be no substance, but the perversion of the will, turned aside from Thee, O God, the Supreme, towards these lower things.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine  March 11, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  In case our sins have been public and scandalous, both reason and the practice of the Christian Church do require that when men have publicly offended they should give public satisfaction and open testimony of their repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7146</guid></item></channel></rss>