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Welcome to our second Monthly Online Interactive Puzzle!

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	NEW! 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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	NEW! 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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