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	NEW! Managing Your Vices Thornton Wilder was a 20th century American playwright and novelist who received three Pulitzer prizes during his lifetime. For this month's puzzle, he shares some advice regarding a person's vices.
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	NEW! The Sound of Silence D.M. Thomas, or Donald Michael Thomas, is a Cornish novelist, poet, and translator. His credits include science fiction poetry and prose as well as translations of Russian poetry. This month's puzzle contains a snippet of his writing, about the sound of silence...
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	Perseverance James Abbot McNeill Whistler's artistic theories and friendships with other leading artisans gave him a lasting influence over American and European artisans during his lifetime. While his paintings present a certain sensitivity, his public persona tended towards combative, as demonstrated by this month's puzzle where he comments on an artisan's need for perseverance.
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	Finishing a Painting James Abbot McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based artist during the 19th century. His most famous painting is "Whistler's Mother", the timeless portrait of his mother in a rocking chair. In this month's puzzle, he provides insight on when he thinks a painting is truly finished.
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	Buying Lumber Just as some people love to build, to create with their own hands, so are there those that are quite happy to let someone else do the building part. On this theme, the American humorist, Dave Barry, shares his thoughts about buying lumber.
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	How Clean is Clean? The quote for this month's puzzle has no attributed author but it's such a great saying that we put it in anyway. So how clean does a home have to be? Perhaps this puzzle will help clarify what should be considered...
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	Your Life's Work Buddha, the ancient teacher, philosopher, and founder of Buddhism, was known for his enlightened wisdom. In this month’s puzzle, he shares his insight with regards to your life’s work.
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	Doing and Meaning Harvey Mackay, a popular American columnist and businessman, shares a bit of advice with us this month relating to what you do and mean.
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	Incompetent People Richard Rybolt, an American author, shares with us this month how to remain patient when dealing with incompetent people.
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	Recipe for Happiness Andre Maurois, a 20th century French author, offers his advice regarding a recipe for happiness with this month’s puzzle.
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	Evolution of Species This puzzle falls into the realm of "what if"...Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are both accomplished, modern science fiction novelists. This month's puzzle is a quotation from a book they wrote together in 1974, "The Mote in God's Eye". The quotation discusses how and why a species evolves, and sets forth the logical conclusion for the observation.
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	True to Yourself This month's puzzle passes on advice from Julius Charles Hare, an English theological writer who lived in England during the first half of the 19th century. Our puzzle contains a short piece of advice from him regarding how to improve yourself by being yourself.
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	Revenge or Justice? In this month's puzzle, Mahatma Gandhi, a political and ideological leader of India during the early 20th century, makes an observation regarding the age old reasoning of an eye for an eye.
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	Opportunities What should you do when opportunity knocks? Sun Tzu, a military strategist of ancient China, provides one suggestion in this month's puzzle.
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	Weight Loss How many people have restricted their enjoyment of the holidays in order to ensure they don't gain any extra weight? And as a result, countless new year resolutions have been made over the years to losing weight. While the author of this month's quotation is unknown, the sentiment is well worth repeating!
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	New Year Relations Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, was well-known for his achievements and wisdom. As food for thought during the new year, Franklin reflects on relationships... those within and those without.
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	Survival of the Fittest Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American philanthropist, leader of industry, and steel tycoon, best known for his creation of the Carnegie Steel Company and considered one of the wealthiest men in history. In this month's puzzle, he shares his view on the topic of survival of the fittest.
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	Bad Reflexes Woody Allen, an American screenwriter, direct, actor, and comedian, is well-known for his distinctive films and sometimes off-beat humor. In this month's puzzle, he pokes a little fun at himself over his reflexes.
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	Individual Personalities?- - our 6th anniversary! Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was a 19th century American physician, professor, and author. Considered one of the best writers of the 19th century, he's a member of the noted Fireside Poets. In this month's puzzle, he makes a playful statement regarding the state of our individual personalities.
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	A Coach's Job- - our 6th anniversary! John Wooden, an American basketball coach and the first to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, makes an observation for this months' puzzle regarding the job of a coach. With Mr. Wooden's wisdom, perhaps we all need a coach to help us with our lives and life choices.
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	The Journey of Life The wisdom of the teachings of Buddha can still be applied to today's modern world. In this snippet, Buddha points out the values that will best serve your during your journey of life.
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	Regarding the Deceit of Self Mark Twain, the well-known American satirist, helps us with a bit of wisdom regarding the act of deceiving oneself in this month's puzzle.
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	Mastering Yourself Buddha, a wise man and philosopher, points out the benefits of mastering yourself in this month's puzzle.
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	A Roomful of Silence Matthew Perry, a Canadian-American television and film actor, promises to take care of a silent room in this month's puzzle.
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	Daring to be Different Johnny Depp, a well-known American Actor, observes the message that he feels his work makes with this month's puzzle.
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	Why Men Grow Old This month, we have another quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., an American Jurist on the Surpreme Court of the United States during the early 1900s. He retired from the Supreme Court when he was 90 years old, making him the oldest Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. This month, he points out what makes men old.
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	When You Laugh With Me John Cleese, a popular British actor and comedian, discusses why he feels making people laugh is important in this month's puzzle.
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	When You've Experienced... Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American Jurist on the Surpreme Court of the United States during the early 1900s. He retired from the Supreme Court when he was 90 years old, making him the oldest Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. This month, he points out the dangers of expanding your experiences.
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	We Think Our Deeds This month's puzzle is taken from the philosophy of Buddhism. It considers the question of how best to live your life and the affect your actions have upon it
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	A Man's Oath Aeschylus, an ancient Greek playwright, observes the value of a man's oath in this month's puzzle.
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	The Impossible is Always Possible Robert Heinlein, a well-known author of science fiction novels, makes a statement about the impossibility of everything and how everything is theoretically possible in this month's puzzle. This quotation was taken from his novel "Between Planets", published in 1951.
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	A Friend Is... Elbert Hubbard, a 19th century American writer, publisher, and philosopher, identifies the true meaning of a friend in this month's puzzle.
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	How We Look at Time The wisdom for this month's puzzle comes from an unusual source - a fictional character. Captain Jean Luc Picard, from Star Trek: The Next Generation...During a discussion with his first Officer Riker, whom he often calls Number One, Captain Picard discusses his view of time and how we should live our lives.
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	What Makes a Successful Person Vincent Lombardi, an American football coach who helped coach the New York Giants to a league championship in 1956 and later was head coach of the Green Bay Packers, discusses what qualities he believes separate a successful person from those who do not achieve success in this month's puzzle.
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	The Power of Laughter Bob Hope, an American actor and comedian, makes an observation about the power of laughter with this month's puzzle.
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	Teaching History In this month's puzzle, Rudyard Kipling suggests a new way of learning history...and remembering it. Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet best known for his works of fiction, including "The Jungle Book".
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	Activity or Achievement Mabel Newcomber, a professor of economics, points out the difference between activities and achievements in this month's puzzle.
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	Cleaning Up Cecil Baxter, a former college professor, points out a true perspective of what cleaning up really means in this month's puzzle.
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	The Results of an Unforgiving Nature Sarah Miles, a British actress, shares with us her view for how an unforgiving nature can affect our health. The New Year tends to make us introspective as we look back at what happened during the past year and turn our eyes towards a new year with new opportunities. So this month's puzzles reflect that introspective feeling.
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	The Results of Fear Lloyd Douglas, an American minister and author, had an interesting way to look at what happens when you're fearful. The New Year tends to make us introspective as we look back at what happened during the past year and turn our eyes towards a new year with new opportunities. So this month's puzzles reflect that introspective feeling.
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	What is a Home? Margaret Fuller, a 19th century journalist and women's rights activist, remarks about what it take to make your house a home in this month's puzzle.
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	Executive Decisions What does it take to be an executive? What kind of ability does an executive need to succeed? Author J.G. Pollard expresses his answer to these questions with this month's puzzle.
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	Answering Machines- - our 5th anniversary! Steven Wright is an American comedian known for his lethargic, deadpan delivery of his off-the-wall humor. In this month's puzzle, Mr. Wright makes a comment about the role of answering machines in our day-to-day life.
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	Measuring the Day- - our 5th anniversary! How do you measure the worth of a day's work? Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish novelist who wrote the still-popular novel "Treasure Island", provides one way of looking at this question with this month's puzzle.
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	How Trivial Trivia is described as the collection of little known facts that are of dubious usefulness. Ron Darian, a Hollywood writer and producer, pokes a bit of fun at trivia with this month's puzzle.
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	How to Live Perspective and the basic ideas that we believe in are the foundations for how we live our lives. This month, Albert Einstein shares insight into how he viewed life and how a person should live.
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	What People Say Talking is our primary tool for communicating with our fellow people. However it is remarkable sometimes what people decide is worth communicating to their fellow man. Robert Frost, a well-known and respected American poet, makes his observation on what people say with this month's puzzle.
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	Worry or Work? A turn-of-the-century New England poet, Robert Frost lived in a time of great changes for American life. While his work is renowned for his depictions of rural New England life, he still had a sense of humor. That humor comes to the fore with this month’s puzzle in his observation about how people worry and work.
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	Animation Everyone knows who Walt Disney is but he's not just a creator of giant theme parks. He also revolutionized animation and the animated feature. In this month's puzzle, Walt Disney shares with us a bit of how he sees animation.
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	Nature's Habits Whether you live in the middle of an undeveloped wilderness or in the heart of the city, the natural world of this earth is all around you. Emily Dickenson, a 19th century American poet, observes one of nature's habits in this month's puzzle.
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	Thankfulness and Complaints Baha'u'llah, an Arabic religious leader who founded the Bahai Faith, shares with us his views on the difference between the acts of the thankful and those who love to complain.
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	I'm So Old... Age only matters when you make it matter, although it is an adult tradition to make fun of growing old. Tom Lehrer, a popular American satirist, song-writer, and mathematician, shares his thoughts on growing old with this month's puzzle.
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	Aspiration At some point in our lives, we've all had aspirations - a great longing or ambition to do something more or to attain a greater treasure. Zora Neale Hurston, an American folklorist, reflects on the aspirations of her mother and her mother's attempts to get her children to aspire to something more as well.
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	Satire Is... The formal definition for the literary form of satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose or denounce human folly and vice. Philip Roth, an American novelist, provides his definition of satire in this month's puzzle.
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	What We Dream Dreaming is something we all have in common - whether we dream in stories or images, black and white or color, everyone dreams while they sleep...William Dement, a pioneering US sleep researcher, makes an amusing observation about our dreams with this month's puzzle.
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	Dreaming The term "dream" can refer to both what you do during the REM period of your sleep as well as...In this month's puzzle, Stanislaw J. Lec makes a humorous observation regarding the dreams of sleep. Mr. Lec was a Polish poet and aphorist, considered among the greatest writers of post-World War 2 Poland.
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	A New Look at Religion The Dalai Lama, a religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism, shares a new way to perceive religion in this month's puzzle.
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	What Computers Can Do Doug Larson, a Wisconsin journalist, makes an interesting observation about what home computers can do in this month's puzzle.
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	What It Takes We've seen what actors and actresses do when they're on the screen and many say that to act is to live "in the moment". But how do they choose which moments, or what roles, they wish to play? Val Kilmer, a talented American actor, discusses what motivates him to select the movie roles that he plays.
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	Cats & Dogs Jeff Valdez, a multi-talented comic writer and producer, answers an age old question in this month's puzzle. Mr. Valdez even provides an example to support his conclusion. So, the age old question - which are smarter, dogs or cats?
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	Joys of Life? What makes you happy? What do you consider a successful life? What lifetime accomplishments can make you feel fulfilled? We have no attribution for this month's puzzle, but it's a wonderfully succinct way of feeling accomplishment during your lifetime.
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	Direction & Action During our lifetimes, we make many decisions and all, no matter how large or small, ultimately affect the path of our life. You could say that our road of life has many forks and there can be endless speculation about the fork, or path, not taken. The American humorist, Will Rogers, makes a philosophical observation about the path taken in this month's puzzle.
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	Pessimist Versus Optimist Robert Heinlein, an acclaimed science fiction author, compares an optimist and a pessimist in this month's puzzle.
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	Where is Home? This month, our puzzle doesn't spring from the lips of a famous or influential person but from a 10-year-old girl with no home. Children see the world through a clearer lens than do most adults. So, let us share a child's perception of home.
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	Old Habits Everyone knows the axiom, "Old habits die hard". In this month's puzzle, Mark Twain offers his technique for eradicating old habits.
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	Finding Peace In this month's puzzle, listen to the wisdom of Mother Teresa as she discusses finding peace.
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	What Makes Success- - our 4th anniversary! Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc, shares his observations of what makes a successful entrepreneur with this month's puzzle.
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	Who Are You?- - our 4th anniversary! Everyone's heard the old adage, "The only dumb question is the question not asked." This month's puzzle takes a slightly different look at this same question - is there shame in not knowing? An old Russian proverb provides us with the answer.
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	America is... Arnold Toynbee, a 19th century English economist and historian, provides us with a new perspective on what the USA is with this month's puzzle.
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	Who Are You? I don't have an attribution for this month's puzzle, but it is such a good piece of advice, I thought I'd share it with you. This anonymous quotation reflects on yourself, and who you are in the eyes of others.
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	What To Pray For In this month's puzzle, Phillips Brooks discusses what one should pray for in life. An American clergyman and author of the 1800s, his words prove that wisdom is always applicable, no matter the age.
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	The State of Civilization Some may say that our civilization is not doing well, based on the current state of world affairs. But Henry Allen expresses a slightly different view of civilization's development.
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	The Key To Success Today, Oprah Winfrey is considered a highly successful and influential woman. However, she was not always so - it took her many years of hard work to realize her success. In this month's puzzle, she shares a bit of advice on how she did it.
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	The Best Way Alan Saporta, an American musician, points out one way of solving problems in this month's puzzle.
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	An Open Mind Grace Murray Hopper, an American pioner in computer programming and United States Naval officer, was once asked during an interview if she had an open mind. Her response to the question gives us this month's puzzle.
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	Ships Grace Murray Hopper was an American computer programmer who pioneered much of the early implementation of such languages as FORTRAN and COBOL. She was also a distinguished US Naval officer. This month's puzzle reflects her feelings about naval ships.
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	Wise Men and Fools Surprisingly, many of the observations and ideas of the Ancient Greece civilization are still applicable in today's world. In this month's puzzle, the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, shares his observations of the difference between wise men and fools.
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	Thoughts on Death In this month's puzzle, death is considered through the words of Woody Allen, an American comedian, as he shares his thoughts.
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	The History of Real Estate Most recognize Nathaniel Hawthorne, an early American novelist, for his novel, The Scarlet Letter and his famed, House of Seven Gables. In this month's puzzle, he shares his thoughts regarding the historical value of real estate.
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	Life's Difficulties What is most difficult about life? I don't know who should be credited for this month's quote, but there is certainly wisdom, and truth, in these words.
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	Troubling Habit Robert Byrne, an American chess player and Grandmaster, has an odd collecting habit. While he admits to being compelled to collect, he also expresses some amount of embarassment for his habit.
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	Quotation Collection This month's puzzle has two parts - "A Troubling Habit" on puzzles.com is the first part, "Quotation Collection" on puzzlersparadise.com is the second part. Be sure to start with "A Troubling Habit"!
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	Amplification William Bradford Shockley describes the concept of amplification in this month's puzzle.
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	Commitment to Work The basketball player, Michael Jordan, reflects on his philosophy of work commitment with this month's puzzle.
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	Respect The dry wit of J.B. Priestly, a British novelist and playwright, is amply demonstrated with this month's puzzle. Priestly shares his insight of the age-old adage, respect your elders.
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	How Will You Live? Joan Baez, an American folk singer and songwriter, shares her view of life and death with us in this month's puzzle.
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	The Science of Imagination Reknowned scientist Carl Sagan explains the role of imagination, and how important it is to our success with this month's puzzle.
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	Rank Hath Privilege Rank Hath Privilege, or so goes the saying. But is that really what rank means? Peter Drucker, an American businessman and journalist, suggests that perhaps rank means something else.
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	What Did He Say? Robert McCloskey is a popular American author and illustrator of children's books, best known for his book, "Make Way for Ducklings". In this month's puzzle, he's proven that the English language can be quite a puzzle all by itself...
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	Singing in the Shower Everyone sings in the shower, right? For this month's puzzle, Josh Groban, a popular singer, gives us his take on singing in the shower.
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	Retirement Activities - - our 3rd anniversary! In this month's puzzle, Merri Brownworth shares her favored form of activity during her retirement.
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	Retirement - - our 3rd anniversary! Richard Armour, the American poet and author, was known for his humorous way of looking at life. This month's puzzle is a short poem describing Armour's view of retirement.
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	Skill or Imagination Tom Stoppard, the British playwright, shares his thoughts on his skill and imagination with this month's puzzle.
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	How to Succeed The wisdom of Confucius has survived for generations because no matter how the world changes, Confucius' words still carry their wisdom. In this month's puzzle, Confucius gives us his sage advice for our success.
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	Catching A Knuckleball Fast ball, slow ball, curve ball, knuckleball...there's many different types of pitches a good baseball player can make. Bob Uecker, a major league baseball player, gives us a suggestion for how to best catch a knuckleball with this month's puzzle.
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	A Baseball Game So what is a baseball game, really? Earl Wilson, a major league baseball player, provides one possible answer with this month's puzzle.
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	The Nature of Nature English poet and painter of the 18th century, William Blake's work was both expressive and philosophical. This month's puzzle plays tribute to this duality with Blake's words regarding the natural world around us.
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	Add a Little The Greek poet, Hesiod, provides a little bit of wisdom in this month's puzzle.
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	Be Yourself Lewis Carroll, the beloved author of Alice in Wonderland, has a character that tells Alice, “Be what you would seem to be", which of course is very good advice. However, seeing as Alice was in the land of Wonderland, such advice could not be put just so. The character goes on to put such advice much more simply, as you will see when you solve this month’s puzzle. Isn’t that much simpler?
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	Where Are You Going? In Alice in Wonderland, the calico cat gave Alice advice on how to get where she was going, when she reached a fork in the road. Solve this month’s puzzle to learn what advice he gave her.
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	Why We Fail Some fail, some succeed. What is the difference between those failures and successes? Theodore Roosevelt, a past American president, tries to answer this question with this month's quote.
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	Defining a Language Language comes in many forms and can be as simple as a few hand signals and sounds. So what defines a language? Here's Carl Sandberg's take on the definition of slang.
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	The Fate of Tattles In this month's puzzle, F. Scott Fitgerald tells us the true place of a tattle-tale.
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	The Problem with Misfortune William Shakespeare's works have survived through the generations for the genius of his wit, the wonder of his words, and the power of his observations penned in verse. This month's puzzle shares a bit of his observation regarding the trend of misfortune.
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	A Legacy of Hope Hope has been with us since the dawn of mankind. In ancient Greek mythology, there is a story about Pandora, who was entrusted with a box containing all of the world's ills. But she is overcome with curiosity and opens it, releasing those ills into the world. However, she closed the box again before hope could escape, thereby ensuring that mankind would always have hope. Ronald Reagan, a past US President, observes how mankind has used hope throughout the generations in this month's puzzle.
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	Why We Should be Tolerant While the dictionary definition of tolerance explains what it means to BE tolerant, it does not explain why you might want to exercise your tolerance of others. That explanation is covered quite simply by John Cogley, in this month's puzzle.
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	The Upside of Funerals "Funeral" immediately conjures up images of open coffins, grieving people, black clothing, and dark times. However, the popular American humorist, Garrison Keillor, shares a different view of funerals with this month's puzzle.
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	Life and Love Life is crazy, love is daft. In this month’s puzzle, the Irish poet, Oscar Wilde, observes how life and love can get rather loony.
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	Are You Really Happy? Aristotle, whose ancient wisdom is still true today, makes an observation about how happy a person may truly be in this month's puzzle.
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	Lifetime Actions Ralph Waldo Emerson provides us with sage advice about taking action during your lifetime with this month's puzzle.
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	Read Carefully You've heard of the phrase "be careful what you eat"...our puzzle this month discusses why you should be careful what you read. This bit of wisdom is brought to you by Paxton Hood, an English clergyman during the 19th Century.
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	Enjoy Life! Some advice is handed down from one generation to another; ancient words of wisdom that are as true today as when they were originally uttered. This month's puzzle is one of those nuggets of ancient wisdom...
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	The Waiting For Midnight... Solemn philosophy, new hope, grim resolution, or simple joy – the New Year is always greeted with a broad mixture of emotions. But, as you wait for the midnight hour and the new year to come, do you know why you are waiting? With this month’s puzzle, Bill Vaughan speculates on why people stay up until midnight on year’s eve.
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	Happy New Year! While New Year’s Eve is typically a happy, festive occasion, many people look upon the New Year with solemn philosophy. With this month’s puzzle, Walter Scott recaptures the simple joy of the New Year.
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	The View From Space - - our 2nd anniversary! Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, and also a member of the select group of astronauts who have seen our planet earth from the vastness of space. In this month’s puzzle, Neil Armstrong shares his first sight of home, the planet earth, from space.
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	Creativity Versus Art- - our 2nd anniversary! Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, shares his observations about creativity and art, and the difference between the two, with this month’s puzzle.
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	Autumn or Spring? How do autumn and spring compare? In this month's puzzle, Samuel Butler shares his ruminations on this topic.
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	Thoughts of October October ~ the month of fall harvest, All Hallows Eve, the harvest moon, and the herald of colder days soon to come. Our quote this month reflects Carol Bishop Hipps' feelings with regards to this autumnal month.
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	How a Team Plays Every team needs to learn, not only how to play the game, but also how to play together. Here is some advice on how a team should play from that emminently qualified baseball player, Babe Ruth.
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	Changing the World How does one go about changing the world? Margaret Meade provides one thoughtful solution in this month's puzzle.
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	Measure of a Man Last month, we looked at Aristotle's view of what makes a man. This month, we'll take another look at what makes a man - this time from John Neal's point of view.
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	When Laughter Comes to Visit Laughter is good for the soul. Laughter is healthy to both the body and the spirit. Laughter makes everyone smile just for the joy of it. Everyone loves laughter, right? Here's Stephen King's take on laughter.
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	Actions of a Man Why does a man act as he does? How does he gain certain qualities - whether they be noble or evil of root? Aristotle provides his insight on the subject in this month's quote.
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	Conversation Competitors We've stated already that conversation is an art, but did you know that you have competitors during your conversation? Here's what Ralph Waldo Emerson has to say on the subject.
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	Handling a New Idea What do you do with a new idea? Charles Brower offers his suggestion in this month's puzzle.
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	Advertising Is... In this month's puzzle, Stephen Leacock describes what advertising really means.
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	Ideal Conversation We all have something that we believe would be perfect if it just followed a particular pattern. This month's puzzle reveals how William Shakespeare felt about the art of conversation.
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	Gossip or Criticism? Everyone has their share of critics. Actors and actresses perhaps have more than most. Here's what swashbuckler star, Errol Flynn, had to say about gossip.
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	Thoughts on Golf Winston Churchill was a wise man on many subjects, though he's most often remembered for his time as Prime Minister of England during wartime. This month's puzzle contains his observations on a topic far removed from acts of war...solve the puzzle to learn his thoughts on the sport of golf.
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	Ageless Wisdom Confucius was a philosopher of some renown, and not without good reason. Here's an ageless piece of wisdom, from Confucius, regarding your interaction with other people.
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	Searching for Knowledge Buddha was a wise man and his wisdom is still true in today's world. So this month's puzzle provides a bit of Buddha's wisdom for those in search of knowledge.
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	The Power of the Press When one thinks of Napoleon, images of vast armies at war are brought quickly to mind. But Napoleon was more than just a general, he was an intelligent man. This month's puzzle shows his more reflective side through the mundane - here are his words in regards to newspapers.
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	Advice for Managers Lee Iacocca shares a bit of advice for managers with this month's puzzle. If your manager suffers from this problem, perhaps giving him or her this puzzle to solve will get the hint across!
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	What Life Has to Offer... Last month's quote was from Eleanor Roosevelt, this month we have a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. Our past president has a bit of wisdom to share, regarding the best things that life has to offer us.
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	Inventors or Fools? The creations of inventors are not always accepted by their peers. History has many examples of highly intelligent people who were scorned by their peers. Fyodor Dostoyevsky shares his view of these creative geniuses with this month's puzzle.
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	What Does the Future Hold? The future is our legacy, our destiny; the future even holds our fate. So it's no surprise that many have sought to see the future. This month's puzzle reveals the thoughts of Eleanor Roosevelt on this subject.
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	War's Reality War is humanity's most controversial creation. Does anything good ever come from the death and destruction that a war evokes? Jimmy Carter, a past US President and an ambassador for many years, has this philosophical viewpoint on the subject of war.
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	Getting Life Right Life is short and we only get to do it once. How can we possibly know if we're doing it right? Here's Joseph Campbell's thoughts on planning your life ahead of time.
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	Tomorrow- - our 1st anniversary! The image of John Wayne is indelibly cast upon the American public as that of the intrepid cowboy ...Today's puzzle shares John Wayne's philosophical view of what tomorrow may bring.
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	Stay Happy!- - our 1st anniversary! Having a positive outlook can help keep one happier and healthier during the hustle and bustle of today's society. William A. Ward gives us some helpful advice in today's puzzle.
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	A Great Marriage There are many theories on what makes a great marriage, but is there really a formula for successful life between two individuals? Here is Dave Meurer's thoughts on the subject.
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	Be Positive! Today's puzzle gives us Oprah Winfrey's take being positive each day.
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	Opportunity In Disguise Thomas Edison proves that he had a wry sense of humor as well as a genius-level mind with today's puzzle. Here is his take on the subject of opportunities.
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	Happiness Is... Mahatma Gandhi was considered a wise man by many people. Today's puzzle brings a pearl of his wisdom regarding what happiness is...
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	The Art of Politics Everyone has opinions on politics and the political environment. With this puzzle, Groucho Marx presents his view on the art of politics.
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	What is a Cynic? Cynism is an old tradition among some people. This month's puzzle presents Oscar Wilde's view on the subject of cynics.
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	Parenthood Dave Barry, the popular humorist, makes an observation on parenthood in this month's puzzle.
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	A Kind Heart In this month's puzzle, Washington Irving describes the difference a kind heart can make.
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	Problem With Weeds We've all heard the saying about opportunity knocking at your door. In this quote, Rita Coolidge shares her response to opportunity's knock.
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	A Father's Advice Every father tries to impart his experience and wisdom to his son. Sometimes the son listens...sometimes he doesn't. Charles Wadsworth expresses this relationship very well in this month's quote.
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	Opportunity Knocks We've all heard the saying about opportunity knocking at your door. In this quote, Rita Coolidge shares her response to opportunity's knock.
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	Growing Old Growing old is something everyone does - some do it gracefully, others kick and scream the whole way. In this month's puzzle, Rose Kennedy shares her view on growing old.
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	The Imagination of the Photographer With this puzzle, David Bailey discusses why you need to have more imagination to be a photographer than a painter.
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	Cats Versus Dogs Attitude is a defining trait in not only humans but animals. In this month's puzzle, Mary Bly accurately sums up the main difference in attitude between cats and dogs.
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	A Rebel's Direction Perhaps everyone has a little rebel hiding deep down in their heart, a streak of rebellious feeling or a stubborn side that peeks out at times during our life. In this month's quote, Clint Eastwood shares a part of his secret rebel.
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	Life Decisions During our lifetime, the only decisions we don't have an option on relate to our birth and death. In this month's quote, Joan Baez shares her thoughts about life decisions.
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	Expressions of Love We all have our ways of showing love for those around us. Here is DeGourmont's advice on love.
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	Do-It-Yourself There is wisdom to doing some things yourself, rather than waiting for the professionals, as Murray Cohen points out in this quote.
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	Definition of Pessimism Helen Keller was a child of miracle but in her simple words may be the key to understanding her success.
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	Is Home Where the Heart Is? The poet, Robert Frost, had a pragmatic view of what we call home.
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	Talking Animals Mark Twain was known for his humor and satirical wit. Here’s what he has to say about talking dogs and cats.
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	Solving Problems Albert Einstein held this view on solving problems.
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	Practical vs. Impractical Solve the puzzle for a piece of practical advice from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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	Teresa's Words Mother Teresa was a woman of wisdom. Can you determine what she once said about kindness?
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