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• Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change. Marcel Prou
• Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. -- Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), Mountolive (1959) 7
• Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
  -- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night v, Line 661...
• Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable -- L.J. Pete
• Let us keep our mouths shut and our pens dry until we know the facts. -- A. J. Carlso
• We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. -- Aesop (620-560 B.C.)
• We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
  -- Franklin Delano Roosevel...