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cryptoquote	winners	answer
i got you babe #1		sorry for the quote-free year... it was the year of the Quinn.
birthday #104
newsmaker #242
greenery #5
greenery #4
greenery #3
greenery #2
greenery #1
birthday #103
newsmaker #241
pi are squared #10
pi are squared #9
pi are squared #8
pi are squared #7
pi are squared #6
birthday #102
newsmaker #240
well rounded #5
well rounded #4
well rounded #3
well rounded #2
well rounded #1
birthday #101
newsmaker #239
bunny slope #5
bunny slope #4
bunny slope #3
bunny slope #2
bunny slope #1
birthday #100
newsmaker #238
hatin` revolution #5
hatin` revolution #4
hatin` revolution #3
hatin` revolution #2
hatin` revolution #1
birthday #99
newsmaker #237
cupid`s arrow #20
cupid`s arrow #19
cupid`s arrow #18
cupid`s arrow #17
cupid`s arrow #16
birthday #98
newsmaker #236
scandalous #5
scandalous #4
scandalous #3
scandalous #2
scandalous #1
birthday #97
newsmaker #235
face cards #3
face cards #2		sorry for the hiatus, and thanks for all your encouraging emails!
face cards #1
birthday #95
newsmaker #233
from venus #5
from venus #4
from venus #3
from venus #2
from venus #1
birthday #94
newsmaker #232
from mars #5
from mars #4
from mars #3
from mars #2
from mars #1
birthday #93
newsmaker #231
new year #20
new year #19
new year #18
new year #17
new year #16
birthday #92
newsmaker #230
bundles of joy #5
bundles of joy #4
bundles of joy #3
bundles of joy #2
bundles of joy #1
birthday #91
newsmaker #229
the news #5
the news #4
the news #3
the news #2
the news #1
birthday #90
newsmaker #228
achoo #5
achoo #4
achoo #3
achoo #2
achoo #1
birthday #89
birthday #88
good tidings #5
good tidings #4
good tidings #3
good tidings #2
good tidings #1
birthday #87
newsmaker #227
icing on the lake #5
icing on the lake #4
icing on the lake #3
icing on the lake #2
icing on the lake #1
birthday #86
newsmaker #226
jfk #4
jfk #3
jfk #2
jfk #1
mystery person #14
birthday #85
newsmaker #225
brothers #5		the crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is brotherhood. - edwin markham
brothers #4		our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. we all breathe the same air. we all cherish our children's future. and we are all mortal. - john f. kennedy
brothers #3		in a sense, each of us is an island. in another sense... we are all one. for though islands appear separate, and may even be... great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, earth. - j. donald walters
brothers #2		EITHER MEN WILL LEARN TO LIVE LIKE BROTHERS, OR THEY WILL DIE LIKE BEASTS. - MAX LERNER
brothers #1		ALL WARS ARE CIVIL WARS, BECAUSE ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS. - FRANCOIS FENELON
birthday #84		kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. the best teachers are the ones that know that. - morley safer
newsmaker #224		for years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are inches from birth, while the law looked the other way. - george bush, on partial birth abortions
the big scream #5		to suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror. - frank herbert
the big scream #4		i think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. - david cronenberg
the big scream #3		DRAMA IS LIFE WITH THE DULL BITS CUT OUT. - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
the big scream #2		WHERE THERE IS NO IMAGINATION THERE IS NO HORROR. - SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
the big scream #1		one might say that the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses. - robin wood
birthday #83		we have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it... if we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago. - rose bird
newsmaker #223		a scary movie isn't all that different from a roller coaster. we like fear. we like anxiety. but we like them in a controlled sort of way where we know nothing bad's going to happen. - new york psychologist alan hilfer
trick or treat #20		IT'S A VERY ODD THING AS ODD AS CAN BE THAT WHATEVER MISS T. EATS TURNS INTO MISS T. - WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE
trick or treat #19		never eat more than you can lift. - miss piggy
trick or treat #18		my advice if you insist on slimming: eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. - harry secombe
trick or treat #17		the first and most important point to remember is that eating should be a pleasure. do not eat purely for health, you won't live much longer, but it will feel like an eternity. - mark porter
trick or treat #16		RESEARCH TELLS US FOURTEEN OUT OF ANY TEN INDIVIDUALS LIKES CHOCOLATE. - SANDRA BOYNTON
birthday #82		art is the lie that tells the truth. - pablo picasso
newsmaker #222		it's like wearing stilettos. they hurt your feet, but you know they look a lot sexier than ordinary shoes. - concorde enthusiast julia zuk, disregarding the jet's inconveniences
out in left field #5		THE BEST POSSIBLE THING IN BASEBALL IS WINNING THE WORLD SERIES. THE SECOND BEST THING IS LOSING THE WORLD SERIES. - TOMMY LASORDA
out in left field #4		the hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely. - ted williams
out in left field #3		i threw about ninety percent fastballs and sliders, fifty percent fastballs and fifty percent sliders... i'm starting to sound like mickey rivers. - john butcher
out in left field #2		pitching is eighty percent of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding. - mickey rivers
out in left field #1		baseball is ninety percent mental, the other half is physical. - yogi berra
birthday #81		labels are for filing. labels are for clothing. labels are not for people. - martina navratilova
newsmaker #221		i am truly sorry from the bottom of this cubs fan's broken heart. - steve bartman, fan who caught foul ball in national league championship
Rx #10		i don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. - m. c. escher
Rx #9		addictive behavior is the number one disease in our civilization. - deepak chopra
Rx #8		smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. - fletcher knebel
Rx #7		to cease smoking is the easiest thing i ever did. i ought to know, i've done it a thousand times. - mark twain
Rx #6		REALITY IS A CRUTCH FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HANDLE DRUGS. - LILY TOMLIN
birthday #80		it is better to invert reality than to copy it. - giuseppe verdi
newsmaker #220		i am addicted to prescription pain medication. - rush limbaugh
it`s your birthday #5		growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - chili davis
it`s your birthday #4		BIRTHDAYS ARE GOOD FOR YOU. STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MOST LIVE THE LONGEST. - LARRY LORENZONI
it`s your birthday #3		YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING OLD WHEN THE CANDLES COST MORE THAN THE CAKE. - BOB HOPE
it`s your birthday #2		we are all born naked and screaming and if you're lucky that sort of thing won't stop there. - anonymous
it`s your birthday #1		to my embarrassment i was born in bed with a lady. - wilson mizner
birthday #79		the illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - alvin toffler
newsmaker #219		perhaps i will try it when it will no longer be criminal. i will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand. - prime minister jean chretien, on marijuana
ballot talks #5		those who cast the votes decide nothing. those who count the votes decide everything. - josef stalin
ballot talks #4		vote early and vote often. - al capone
ballot talks #3		during a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa. - unknown
ballot talks #2		politicians are like diapers. they should both be changed frequently and for the same reason. - anonymous
ballot talks #1		every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - h. l. mencken
birthday #78		the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. - samuel adams
newsmaker #218		your personal income is the biggest loophole; i can drive my hummer through it. - arnold schwarzenegger, to arianna huffington during california debate
exploration #20		we shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. - t. s. eliot
exploration #19		A SHIP IN HARBOR IS SAFE - BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT SHIPS ARE FOR. - JOHN A. SHEDD (or, if you prefer to use correct information, you could call him william shedd. thanks for noticing that...)
exploration #18		one does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. - andre gide
exploration #17		they are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. - francis bacon
exploration #16		exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. - frank borman
birthday #77		in faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. - alexander the great
newsmaker #217		you can put up a sign on your door, "beware of the dog", without having a dog. - hans blik, former weapons inspector, on iraq's apparent compliance
two`s company #5		friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. - eleanor roosevelt
two`s company #4		the best mirror is an old friend. - george herbert
two`s company #3		a real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. friendship is one mind in two bodies. - mencius
two`s company #2		friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. - marcus tullius cicero
two`s company #1		each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. - anais nin (thanks for noticing B and V... oops)
birthday #76		even a stopped clock is right twice every day. after some years, it can boast of a long series of successes. - marie von ebner-eschenbach
newsmaker #216		america should be governed by people who have a clue. - emily robinson, dixie chicks, about schwarzenegger
church and state #5		the urge to save humanity is almost always a falseface for the urge to rule it - h.l. mencken
church and state #4		a tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. - aristotle
church and state #3		i always distrust people who know so much about what god wants them to do to their fellows. - susan b. anthony
church and state #2		although he's regularly asked to do so, god does not take sides in american politics. - george w. mitchell
church and state #1		those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. - mohandas gandhi
birthday #75		i think the world is run by c students. - al mcguire
newsmaker #215		people feel stressed, then they smoke, but the nicotine makes them feel stressed - it's a vicious circle. - dr. christina chryssanthopoulou, hillingdon hospital, on results of tobacco study
toil and trouble #5		the highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. - john ruskin
toil and trouble #4		it's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. - sam ewing
toil and trouble #3		anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. - robert benchley
toil and trouble #2		when a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: "whose?" - don marquis
toil and trouble #1		if hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves. - lane kirkland
birthday #74		my dreams were all my own; i accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. - mary wollstonecraft shelley
newsmaker #214		this is the final realization of the entire american ethos. - robert lang, virginia tech, about automobiles outnumbering drivers in the usa
daydream believer #5		WE ARE WAKING UP WHEN WE DREAM THAT WE ARE DREAMING. - MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
daydream believer #4		i was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. - susan sontag
daydream believer #3		dreams are probably the best proof that we aren't tied as tightly into our skins as we seem. - friedrich hebbel
daydream believer #2		if anything is to be really done in the world, it must be done by visionaries; men who see the future, and make the future because they see it. - benjamin disraeli
daydream believer #1		those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake... to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. - t.e. lawrence
birthday #73		violence takes root when people feel pushed to extremes, hopeless, and disenfranchised. - queen noor al hussein
newsmaker #213		these juvenile enemy combatants were impressed, were kidnapped into terrorism. they have given us some very valuable intelligence. - guantanamo bay general geoffrey miller, on teenage prisoners who might be released
power lines #5		electricity - carrier of light and power - devourer of time and space - bearer of human speech over land and sea - greatest servant of mankind - itself unknown. - charles w. eliot
power lines #4		is it a fact - or have i dreamt it - that by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? - nathaniel hawthorne
power lines #3		stretches, for leagues and leagues, the wire, a hidden path for a child of fire - over its silent spaces sent, swifter than ariel ever went, from continent to continent. - william henry burleigh
power lines #2		ELECTRICITY... EXPERIMENT HAS ALREADY PROVED THAT IT WILL PROPEL A STREET CAR BETTER THAN A GAS JET AND GIVE MORE LIGHT THAN A HORSE. - AMBROSE BIERCE
power lines #1		and god said, "let there be light" and there was light, but the electricity board said he would have to wait until thursday to be connected. - spike milligan
birthday #72		when women go wrong, men go right after them. - mae west
newsmaker #212		we're a superpower with a third world grid. - new mexico governor bill richardson, former energy secretary
weather or not #5		don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. - kin hubbard
weather or not #4		weather forecast for tonight: dark. - george carlin the man's a genuis...
weather or not #3		the trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. - patrick young
weather or not #2		all of us could take a lesson from the weather. it pays no attention to criticism. - unknown author
weather or not #1		what dreadful hot weather we have! it keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. - jane austen
birthday #71		blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. - herbert hoover
newsmaker #211		WE USED AN ACCEPTED PSYCHOLOGICAL SCORING SYSTEM TO AWARD THEM POINTS, SUCH AS MINUS THREE FOR SCORN AND PLUS TWO FOR HUMOR. - MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR JAMES MURRAY, WHO CREATED A FORMULA FOR HAPPY MARRIAGE
planes, trains & automobiles #10		people don't take trips. trips take people. - john steinbeck
planes, trains & automobiles #9		MAPS ENCOURAGE BOLDNESS. THEY'RE LIKE CRYPTIC LOVE LETTERS. THEY MAKE ANYTHING SEEM POSSIBLE. - MARK JENKINS
planes, trains & automobiles #8		all traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity. - john ruskin
planes, trains & automobiles #7		a trip is what you take when you can't take any more of what you've been taking. - adeline ainsworth
planes, trains & automobiles #6		if your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way. - sam levenson
birthday #70		I FIND THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A REAL INTEREST IN LIFE AND A CURIOUS LIFE, THAT SLEEP IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. - MARTHA STEWART
newsmaker #210		after seventy-seven years of concern and discontent we have finally removed any reference to the devil from this highway. - new mexico governor bill richardson, who renamed route six-six-six
promises and lies #5		honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. - george carlin
promises and lies #4		the liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. - george bernard shaw
promises and lies #3		men occasionally stumble on the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - winston churchill
promises and lies #2		honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. - josh billings
promises and lies #1		honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. - kin hubbard
birthday #69		ANY MAN WHO IS NOT A COMMUNIST AT THE AGE OF TWENTY IS A FOOL. ANY MAN WHO IS STILL A COMMUNIST AT THE AGE OF THIRTY IS AN EVEN BIGGER FOOL. - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
newsmaker #209		WE'VE SEEN SURFBOARDS, PIECES OF STYROFOAM, BATHTUBS, REFRIGERATORS. BUT NEVER AN AUTOMOBILE. - RYAN DOSS, U.S. COAST GUARD, ON TWELVE CUBANS RIDING A NINETEEN FIFTY-ONE CHEVY TRUCK TO THE U.S.
fame & fortune #10		a celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. - fred allen
fame & fortune #9		A BIG MAN HAS NO TIME REALLY TO DO ANYTHING BUT JUST SIT AND BE BIG. - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
fame & fortune #8		i think there's a danger in overexposure. just think what happened to lady godiva - she became a chocolate. - kenneth jay lane
fame & fortune #7		it is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. they are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved. - w. somerset maugham
fame & fortune #6		there is no defense against criticism except obscurity. - joseph addison