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By Frank A. Longo

Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Brazil nut Coconut Green banana Jam jar Letters Monthly bills Nail polish No. 10 can Paint can Pickle jar Pills Safe Snack packs Walnut Wine bottle

CLUE LIST Albacore Co-regent Coreen Coreid Coreless Corella Corelli Coretta Corey Foam core Fourscore Hardcore Scorecard Scored Scores

CLUE LIST Abner Canvasback Daffy Daisy Dead Donald Eider Lame Mandarin Muscovy Peking Rubber Ruddy Sitting Wood

CLUE LIST Amway AT&T Barclays BB&T Honda Prudential Scottrade Staples Target Toyota United US Airways Verizon Wells Fargo Xcel Energy

CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Malarkey 5 Gift attachments 9 Wish granter 10 Farm units 12 “The end of —” 13 Irritate 14 Strict 16 Earl Grey, for one 17 Nights before 18 Ballot casters 21 — Francisco 22 Flat surfaces 23 Yawning, perhaps 24 Tyler of Aerosmith 26 Bikini top 29 Some semiconductors 30 Swerve 31 Snaky fish 32 Steal 34 Tennis star Chris 37 North Pole workers 38 TV, radio, etc. 39 Watchful 40 Shortly 41 Final

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Swiss city 2 Crooked 3 Cans 4 Dread 5 Keg need 6 High card 7 Hansel’s sister 8 Cuts off 9 Nebula makeup 11 Sailor’s septet 15 Himalayan peak 19 Chef’s need 20 Slugger Williams 22 Cherish 23 Nap site 24 Colanders’ kin 25 Ohio city 26 Some cows 27 Change back 28 “Give it —!” 29 Consider 30 Home in the country 33 Get better 35 Carnival city 36 Shoe shade

ACROSS 1 Storybook elephant 6 Hang loosely 11 Furious 12 Competitor 13 Annual Memphis event 15 Put down 16 Corn unit 17 Top-secret govt. org. 18 Cuisine with cayenne 20 Oscar or Tony 23 Satyr’s quarry 27 Part 28 Luke’s sister 29 Paparazzi target 31 Annie of “Ghostbusters” 32 Visit briefly 34 Methane, for one 37 Quirk 38 Pollen collector 41 Annual Tampa event 44 Use the gym 45 Seeps 46 Convenient 47 Gallows loop

DOWN 1 Potential law 2 Diva’s song 3 Cradle occupant 4 Had dinner 5 Enjoy a book twice 6 Rehearsal 7 Umbrella part 8 Stratford’s river 9 Hound’s hands 10 First name in scat 14 — Mahal 18 Unpleasant fellow 19 Backpack material 20 Pendulum path 21 Misery 22 Totality 24 Got together 25 Peach center 26 Owns 30 Floral study 31 Bully 33 Snapshot, for short 34 Rome raider 35 Mystique 36 Jazz’s Getz 38 Buffoon 39 Some sheep 40 Different 42 Auction action 43 Scary cry

Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Bobby pin Fax Floppy disk Ice tray Landline Maps Pager Pay phone PDA Phonebook Tape deck Typewriter VCR Wake-up call Walkman

CLUE LIST Character Civil rights Dream Emancipation Equal Faith Free at last Free one day Freedom Hope Join hands Justice Liberty Struggle Together

CLUE LIST Burger Chase Cushing Ellsworth Fuller Hughes Livingston Marshall Rehnquist Roberts Taney Vinson Waite Warren White

CLUE LIST Capsule Cask Cocoon Corral Dumpster Eggshell Flask Jar Luggage Pitcher Pouch Safe Silo Tanker Thermos

Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Avalanche Blizzard Cyclone Drought Dust storm Earthquake Epidemic Flood Hail Heat wave Lightning Tornado Tsunami Typhoon Wildfire

CLUE LIST Abandon Abdicate Abjure Cave in Fold Give in Give up Leave Relinquish Renounce Resign Stand down Vacate Withdraw Yield

CLUE LIST Agee Conradt Fahey Foster Gunter Kruse Ruley Russo Shea Smith Stringer Strong Summitt VanDerveer Yow

CLUE LIST Albury Burnie Darwin Dubbo Geelong Gympie Hobart Joondalup Kalgoorlie Orange Sale Sydney Wagga Wagga Whyalla Wollongong

CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Urban fleet 5 Whip 9 Subs 11 Computer key 13 Deal maker 14 Absinthe flavoring 15 Porpoise’s place 16 Personal property 18 Move to the side 20 Colorful carp 21 “Separate Tables” star 22 Sibelius, for one 23 Homer’s neighbor 24 Coal holder 25 Hangs down 27 Chest contents 29 Strike caller 30 Sawbuck 32 Earth science 34 Flamenco cry 35 UFO flier 36 Korean or Thai 38 Free of suds 39 The time being 40 Bar assn. members 41 Proofing mark

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Deep gorge 2 Sea off Greece 3 Critical moment 4 Heir, often 5 Like an arbor 6 One of the Brontës 7 Cause of an impasse 8 “El Cid” star 10 Blotto 12 Pine product 17 Summer cooler 19 Times for preparation 22 Fish features 24 Lumberjack of lore 25 Bakery need 26 Henry Fielding book 27 Table part 28 Comfort 30 Sounds 31 Principle 33 For fear that 37 Sinking signal

ACROSS 1 Slant 5 Workout target 9 Cuban dance 10 Romantic sort 12 Wrench type 13 In reserve 14 Hockey practice 16 Alias letters 17 Place 18 Inge play 20 Made like a geyser 22 Chick tenders 23 Wonderland visitor 25 Reach across 28 Was generous 32 Chewy 34 Memorable time 35 Pot brew 36 Lot choice 38 Raring to go 40 Make sport of 41 Mixes up 42 Really stoked 43 Ticked off 44 “Bonanza” son

DOWN 1 Build body mass 2 White Rabbit cry 3 Aid illegally 4 Florida’s — Island 5 Promotes aggressively 6 Horror star Chaney 7 Fly high 8 Call over 9 Coarse files 11 Gathers 15 Nature lovers 19 Citi Field’s forerunner 21 Dwindle 24 Fastest mammal 25 Fills up 26 Skirt features 27 Slow passage 29 Summaries 30 Clears 31 Was bold 33 Clinic worker 37 Band sample 39 Mis-calculate

Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once

Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.

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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: U equals T

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals H

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals O

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GTTMDD GSMD. Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: A equals D

Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals T

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: D equals H

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: N equals W

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals I

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: R equals H

Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals F

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: O equals Y

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: X equals T

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Super Quiz

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Cryptoquote

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One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1“Mamma Mia!” group 5 Apprehend 8 Colorful fish 12 Clay-rich soil 13 Blunder 14 Portrayal 15 Democrat or Republican 17 Radiate 18 Faucet 19 Arouse 21 Fireworks reaction 22 Delany or Carvey 23 Venomous viper 26 Zodiac cat 28 Passenger 31 Prosperous time 33 Knock 35 Pepsi competitor 36 Soothe 38 Tatter 40 Actor Danson 41 A long time 43 Bugging device 45 Tranquil

EUGENE SHEFFER

20 Card game for two 23 Lawyers’ org. 24 Scale member 25 Edwin Land’s company 27 Rowing need 29 — out a living 30 Primary color 32 Purplish 30Down 34 Kneecap 37 Longing 39 Indiana city DOWN 42 Brownish tone 1 Swiss peaks 44 Heathen 2 Animated Betty 45 Back talk 3 Java neighbor 46 World’s fair 4 Chihuahua chum 48 Wise one 5 “— a borrower 49 Ostriches’ kin ...” 50 Deli loaves 6 Curved path 53 On in years 7 Wide 8 Occurring naturally 9 Bikini pattern? 10 Lotion additive 11 Chopped 16 Implement 47 Pencil end 51 Impulse carrier 52 Multiple marriage 54 Expectorate 55 Ailing 56 Malaria symptom 57 Pop 58 Oklahoma city 59 Untouchable Eliot

ACROSS 1 Shopper’s aid 5 “— and Circumstance” 9 Frenzied 12 Sandwich treat 13 Vicinity 14 Rocks 15 Teeny 17 Gun lobby org. 18 Thwarts 19 Bad lighting? 21 Conversation starter 22 “Olympia” artist 24 Knighted woman 27 Stashed 28 Carey or Barrymore 31 — Baba 32 Literary collection 33 Before 34 Carte 36 Doctrine 37 Exercise target 38 Bygone airline

40 On the other hand 41 Top story 43 Critter 47 Slithery squeezer 48 Twins’ home 51 Flightless bird 52 Tied 53 It’s tied 54 Aachen article 55 — good example 56 Former frosh DOWN 1 Barbershop item 2 Seed coat 3 Nevada city 4 Fencer’s call 5 Campaignfunding grps. 6 Tulsa sch. 7 Blanc or Brooks 8 Song of praise 9 Troubadour 10 High (Pref.) 11 Campus bigwig

16 Schuss 20 Crimson 22 Capital of Belarus 23 Leading man 24 Weir 25 Hearty quaff 26 Labyrinth beast 27 Ground-breaking musical 29 Historic time 30 Charlotte’s creation 35 Submachine gun 37 Pats down 39 Pinnacles 40 Inseparable 41 Sleeping 42 Heavy reading 43 Kournikova or Karenina 44 Stereo alternative 45 On 46 Wood strip 49 “— had it!” 50 Profit

Cryptoquote

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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 Greek consonant 4 Cold War weapon 8 2000 election scrap 12 Fool 13 Law office worker, for short 14 “Les Miserables” author 15 Accelerator 17 Quite excited 18 Tidy (up) 19 Altar affirmative 21 Vanna’s cohort 22 Flame from a burner 26 Impersonator 29 Whatever amount 30 Timetable abbr. 31 “American —” 32 Golfer Ernie 33 Bivouac structure 34 Fresh 35 Individual

EUGENE SHEFFER

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Emanations Big talker Morsel Playwright Levin Strong points Not up and about 1944 Boyer/ Bergman film Burden Otherwise Exist Wrong God, in Guadalajara Doo-wop syllable

DOWN 1 Labels 2 Pronto 3 Beatles’ “Back in the —” 4 Poison antidote, maybe 5 West Point newbie 6 Top supporter 7 Slanders 8 Utter disorder

9 10 11 16 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 32 33 35 36 38 39 42 43 44 45 46 47 49

Embrace Past Pooch Student Rotation duration Scoff Sicilian spouter Makes lace Chinese dynasty Notion Neatens the lawn Microbrewery product Betrothed Rwandan tribe Scull tool Grocery areas Hen — profundo “Zounds!” From one end to t’other Branch Carte lead-in Acknowledge applause Listener Foreman foe

ACROSS 1 Tiny bits 6 “I, Robot” writer 12 Catch in a net 13 Household 14 Treeless Asian plain 15 Bach piece 16 Corn recipe 17 Experts 19 Ultramodern 20 Reverberate 22 Kiwi’s extinct cousin 24 — Khan 27 Get better 29 “Two and a Half Men” role 32 Arguably, bestknown line from Shakespeare 35 Still 36 Peacenik 37 Performance 38 Blushing 40 Iodine source 42 Pitch 44 Spud’s buds 46 Scored 100 on

25 Head of st. 26 Straying 28 Smitten, maybe unrequitedly 30 Jimmy Kimmel’s employer 31 Lepidopterist’s prop 33 Away from DOWN WSW 1 Grooving on 34 — Aviv 2 Portent 3 Reservation resi- 39 Sticker dence 41 Old hat 4 Nile slitherer 42 Despot 5 One often seen 43 Dermatology with a crook? subject 6 Bullets etc. 45 Holler 7 Quake 47 Adorable 8 Hostel 48 Cupid’s alias 9 Hawaiian vol49 Rep.’s rival cano 51 Regret 10 Curved molding 53 Sister 11 Kill a bill 12 Sixth sense 18 Virginia city 21 Comedian Margaret 23 Feedbag tidbit 24 Noshed 50 52 54 55

Hard to find Guarantee Yearly Tradition, perhaps 56 Forward a story 57 Leg parts

Cryptoquote

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CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 See 12-Across 5 Scoundrel 8 Mine entrance 12 With 1-Across, have trouble 13 Bullring cheer 14 Pianist Peter 15 Fermi’s bit 16 Time on Earth 18 Summerhouse 20 Deviating off course 21 Albacore, e.g. 23 — Aviv 24 Help on “... Millionaire” 28 Pealed 31 Commotion 32 Nuptial announcement 34 Dead heat 35 Legal wrong 37 Shipwreck aid 39 Bill and — 41 Sea eagle 42 Cover the cost up front

EUGENE SHEFFER

22 Sandy’s mistress 24 Long. crosser 25 “What can — for you?” 26 Made to consume 27 Put in a border, as a photo 29 Zero 30 Obtain 33 Remit DOWN 36 Drunkards 1 Carpet style 2 Silents actress 38 Groups of quail Naldi 40 Lummox 3 The gamut 42 Winter truck 4 Reproductive attachment cell 43 Split 5 House style 6 Boxer Muham- 44 Bygone times mad 46 Icelandic epic 7 Challenge 47 Cincinnati 8 Reply team 9 Remove hair 48 Chesapeake et 10 Persia, now al. 11 Chinatown 50 Scoot gang 17 Dine 19 Closed-up tulip 45 Adjective modifier 49 Organism 51 Concept 52 Finished 53 Regret 54 Whirlpool 55 Marries 56 Conclude 57 Back talk

ACROSS 1 “If I may interrupt, ...” 5 Pen filler 8 Otherwise 12 African gully 13 Born 14 Sweetie 15 “Meta-morphoses” poet 16 Make less intense 18 Disappointment 20 Shampoo directive 21 Author Buscaglia 22 Cravat 23 Fireplace minutia 26 Square dance party 30 — constrictor 31 Prompt 32 Court 33 Overwhelm 36 Archipelago components 38 Suitable 39 Modern-day evidence

40 Frighten 43 Dusk 47 Prison security measure 49 Pelvic bones 50 Baseball’s Hershiser 51 Varnish ingredient 52 Breaks a Commandment 53 Simple 54 Coloring agent 55 Slam-dance DOWN 1 MPs’ quarry 2 Own 3 Tend manuscripts 4 Center 5 Halved 6 Night light? 7 Barbie’s companion 8 Formed a vortex 9 Ponce de — 10 Cutting tools 11 Sea flyer 17 Great Lake

19 “— the ramparts ...” 22 Pirouette pivot 23 Recede 24 Cattle call? 25 Satchel 26 Attila, e.g. 27 Hooter 28 Trouble 29 Ph. bk. data 31 100 lbs. 34 In an ominous way 35 Newspaper pg. 36 Hostel 37 Cruel treatment 39 Conical-cap wearer 40 — gin fizz 41 Cat of “Iron Chef America” 42 High cards 43 Vacillate 44 Hodgepodge 45 Victories 46 Doggerelist Ogden 48 Antiquated

Premier Crossword

By Frank A. Longo

Premier Crossword

By Frank A. Longo

Premier Crossword

By Frank A. Longo

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By Frank A. Longo

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Page 5 Joseph Crossword

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Word Sleuth 3

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Page 10 Sudoku 1

Sudoku 2

Sudoku 3

Sudoku 4

Page 11 Point & Solve 1

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Mega Maze

Multi-Sudoku 8 4 6 9 1 5 2 3 7

9 1 2 8 3 7 4 5 6

5 7 3 6 4 2 8 1 9

6 9 5 2 7 4 3 8 1

7 2 4 1 8 3 9 6 5

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Cryptoquip

When a piece of undeniable info is about to be

1 presented, that’s a hard fact to follow.

Standard motto known to be used by circus em-

2 ployees who work with lions: “We tame to please!”

Page 16 Wuzzles 1

Supposing a former U.S. president had several

Wuzzles 2

Wuzzles 3

3 female foxes, he might name them Nixon’s vixens.

Wuzzles 4

Want to purchase some puppies at rock-bottom

4 prices? Head on down to the barkin’ basement.

Page 18 Wuzzles 1

If you were to sew together a flying toy out of bank

5 drafts, would you be kiting checks? Wuzzles 2

Wuzzles 3

Wuzzles 4 6

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Cryptoquip

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Hoops player who probably enjoyed dangerous

1 swerving while driving cars: Careen Abdul-Jabbar. Supposing he wanted his own tribal symbol, might

2 a handyman craft himself a factotum pole?

When the band announced it would no longer be

3 giving live tours, was that dis-concerting news?

Which climate condition do you think toads would

1 look forward to the most? Froggy weather.

When flowering plants are particularly tiny species,

2 you might refer to them as baby bloomers.

If nobody would like to change into that Halloween

3 costume, it’ll be yours for the masking.

If a huge African mammal has cosmetic surgery on

4 its nose, I suppose it’s a real rhino-plasty.

My instructor actually wagered that I will be his

5 best student. I guess I’m the teacher’s bet. 6

Since these beverage bottles stand twenty feet high, would they have to be giraffes’ carafes?

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Cryptoquip

The masseur periodically uses the clever advertising slogan “May I have your tension, please?” Would a Cole Porter song about an incredibly

5 fertile patch of soil be titled “Anything Grows”? 6

To catch a nice jolt of energy before ascending, the mountaineer likes to drink climb juice.

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WE DO NOT REMEMBER DAYS, WE REMEMBER MOMENTS. THE RICHNESS OF LIFE LIES IN MEMORIES WE HAVE FORGOTTEN. — CESARE PAVESE

AM I GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING TYPECAST AS SMART? I DON’T THINK SO. — AISHA TYLER

THE EDUCATED DON’T GET THAT WAY BY MEMORIZING FACTS; THEY GET THAT WAY BY RESPECTING THEM. — TOM HEEHLER SOMEONE’S SITTING IN THE SHADE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE PLANTED A TREE A LONG TIME AGO. — LES BROWN

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I WAS IN A BEAUTY CONTEST ONCE. I NOT ONLY CAME IN LAST, I WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH BY MS. CONGENIALITY. — PHYLLIS DILLER

IDEALISM IS WHAT PRECEDES EXPERIENCE. CYNICISM IS WHAT FOLLOWS. — DAVID T. WOLF

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NOW THAT IT’S ALL OVER, WHAT DID YOU REALLY DO YESTERDAY THAT’S WORTH MENTIONING? — COLEMAN COX

WHAT YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF, GET INTO WHOLEHEARTEDLY. — MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN

DON’T EVER TAKE A FENCE DOWN UNTIL YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS PUT UP. — ROBERT FROST

DON’T LOOK FOR YOUR DREAMS TO COME TRUE; LOOK TO BECOME TRUE TO YOUR DREAMS. — MICHAEL BECKWITH

BE PLEASANT UNTIL TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THE REST OF THE DAY WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. — ELBERT HUBBARD

THERE IS A TIME FOR DEPARTURE EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO CERTAIN PLACE TO GO. — TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

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EDUCATION WITHOUT VALUES, AS USEFUL AS IT IS, SEEMS RATHER TO MAKE MAN A MORE CLEVER DEVIL. — C.S. LEWIS

HAVING FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONCERNS JUST HAS TO MAKE YOU A MORE UNDERSTANDING PERSON. — SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

IT IS NOT EASY TO DO SOMETHING GOOD, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO SOMETHING BAD. — CHARLES EAMES

YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN LOVE WHEN YOU CAN’T FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE REALITY IS FINALLY BETTER THAN YOUR DREAMS. — DR. SEUSS

I KEEP WORKING UNDER THE DELUSION THAT SOMEDAY A LIBRARY WILL ASK FOR MY MANUSCRIPTS. — WALTER WAGER

ALL MEN’S SOULS ARE IMMORTAL, BUT THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IMMORTAL AND DIVINE. — SOCRATES

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