Presque vu XXVII

21st October 2007 with 1 Comment

Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know. Natalia Ginzburg
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A statement from Rolls Royce:
“In view of the situation in Burma, [...]

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