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[edit] Weeks in 2008
- Week 1
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... The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. ... |
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- — Thomas Carlyle
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... This is our land, this is our Scotland, these are our people, these are our men, our works, our women and children: can you beat it? ... |
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- — James Maxton
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- Week 2
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... The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. ... |
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- — Thomas Carlyle
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... This is our land, this is our Scotland, these are our people, these are our men, our works, our women and children: can you beat it? ... |
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- — James Maxton
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- Week 3
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... I'm not young enough to know everything. ... |
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- — J. M. Barrie
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... When one door closes another door opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ... |
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- — Alexander Graham Bell
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- Week 4
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... I'm not young enough to know everything. ... |
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- — J. M. Barrie
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... When one door closes another door opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ... |
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- — Alexander Graham Bell
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- Week 5
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... If something's neither here nor there, where the hell is it? ... |
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- — Chic Murray
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... The artist cannot attain to mastery in his art unless he is endowed in the highest degree with the faculty of invention. ... |
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- — Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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- Week 6
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... If something's neither here nor there, where the hell is it? ... |
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- — Chic Murray
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... The artist cannot attain to mastery in his art unless he is endowed in the highest degree with the faculty of invention. ... |
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- — Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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- Week 7
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... Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. ... |
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- — Sir James Dewar
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... The world is neither Scottish, English, nor Irish, neither French, Dutch, nor Chinese, but human. ... |
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- — Sir Alexander Gray
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- Week 8
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... Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. ... |
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- — Sir James Dewar
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... The world is neither Scottish, English, nor Irish, neither French, Dutch, nor Chinese, but human. ... |
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- — Sir Alexander Gray
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- Week 9
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... Preparing youngsters for failure is easy; it’s preparing them for success that’s really difficult. ... |
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- — Sir Alex Ferguson
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... The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong. ... |
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- — John Muir
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- Week 10
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... Preparing youngsters for failure is easy; it’s preparing them for success that’s really difficult. ... |
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- — Sir Alex Ferguson
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... The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong. ... |
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- — John Muir
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- Week 11
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... God help England if she had no Scots to think for her. ... |
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- — George Bernard Shaw
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... We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn’t it time that we should take risks to make peace? ... |
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- — Ramsay MacDonald
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- Week 12
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... God help England if she had no Scots to think for her. ... |
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- — George Bernard Shaw
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... We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn’t it time that we should take risks to make peace? ... |
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- — Ramsay MacDonald
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- Week 13
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- Week 14
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- Week 15
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... Science is the greatest antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ... |
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- — Adam Smith
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... William Wallace sheds as bright a glory upon his valorous nation as ever was shed upon their country by the greatest men of Greece or Rome. ... |
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- — Giuseppe Garibaldi
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- Week 16
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... Science is the greatest antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ... |
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- — Adam Smith
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... William Wallace sheds as bright a glory upon his valorous nation as ever was shed upon their country by the greatest men of Greece or Rome. ... |
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- — Giuseppe Garibaldi
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- Week 17
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... You talked of Scotland as a lost cause and that is not true. Scotland is an unwon cause. ... |
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- — John Steinbeck, in a letter to Mrs John F. Kennedy.
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... We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. ... |
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- — Ronald David Laing
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- Week 18
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... You talked of Scotland as a lost cause and that is not true. Scotland is an unwon cause. ... |
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- — John Steinbeck, in a letter to Mrs John F. Kennedy.
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... We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. ... |
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- — Ronald David Laing
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- Week 19
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... In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. ... |
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- — Billy Connolly
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... … this nation must rank among the most enlightened in the universe. Politics, religion and literature have made of Scotland something beyond compare. ... |
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- — Charles de Rémusat
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- Week 20
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... In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. ... |
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- — Billy Connolly
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... … this nation must rank among the most enlightened in the universe. Politics, religion and literature have made of Scotland something beyond compare. ... |
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- — Charles de Rémusat
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- Week 21
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... To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. ... |
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- — John Buchan
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... Edinburgh is a cross between Copenhagen and Barcelona, except in Copenhagen they speak more understandable English. ... |
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- — John Malkovich
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- Week 22
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... To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. ... |
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- — John Buchan
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... Edinburgh is a cross between Copenhagen and Barcelona, except in Copenhagen they speak more understandable English. ... |
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- — John Malkovich
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- Week 23
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... Some of my plays peter out and some pan out. ... |
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- — J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.
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... There are two rules for drinking whisky. First, never take whisky without water, and second, never take water without whisky. ... |
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- — Chic Murray
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- Week 24
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... Some of my plays peter out and some pan out. ... |
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- — J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.
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... There are two rules for drinking whisky. First, never take whisky without water, and second, never take water without whisky. ... |
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- — Chic Murray
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- Week 25
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... A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. ... |
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- — Thomas Carlyle
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... Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. ... |
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- — Bill Shankly
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- Week 26
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... A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. ... |
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- — Thomas Carlyle
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... Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. ... |
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- — Bill Shankly
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- Week 27
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- Week 28
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- Week 29
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- Week 30
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- Week 31
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- Week 32
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- Week 33
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- Week 34
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- Week 35
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- Week 36
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- Week 37
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- Week 38
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- Week 39
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- Week 40
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- Week 41
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- Week 42
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- Week 43
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- Week 44
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- Week 45
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- Week 46
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- Week 47
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- Week 48
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- Week 49
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- Week 50
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- Week 51
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- Week 52
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