February 1

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2005

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ~ American proverb

• selected by Kalki

2006

I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
~ Langston Hughes ~ (born 1 February 1902)

• selected by Kalki

2007

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
~ Langston Hughes ~

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. ~ Edward Coke

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2009

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
~ Langston Hughes ~

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left.
~ Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902)

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:42, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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The law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all. ~ Edward Coke (born February 1, 1552)

• 3 InvisibleSun 06:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 18:09, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
~ Langston Hughes ~

• 3 Kalki 02:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

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