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LABELS
LABOR UNIONS --- LAKE GEORGE
LANDRY (TOM) --- LAST WORDS --- LAS VEGAS

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LABELS

see: "NAMES"


Once you label me, you negate me.
--attributed to Sφren Kierkegaard (1813—1855)
Danish philosopher.

Don't rely too much on labels,
Far too often they are fables.
--Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834—1892)
English nonconformist preacher.
"Salt-Cellars"

I am not sure what it means when one says that he is
a conservative in fiscal affairs and a liberal in human
affairs. I assume what it means is that you will strongly
recommend the building of a great many schools to
accommodate the needs of our children, but not
provide the money.
--Adlai E. Stevenson (1900—1965)
American Democratic politician.
News conference [Fall 1955]



LABOR UNIONS

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see: "UNIONS"
see: "CAPITALISM" for other related links


Neither the common law nor the Fourteenth
Amendment confers the absolute right to
strike.
--Louis Brandeis (1856—1941)
American lawyer and associate justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court [1916—1939].
In a Supreme Court opinion "Dorchy v. Kansas" [1926].

There is no right to strike against the public
safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
--Calvin Coolidge (1872—1933)
American Republican statesman and President [1923-29].
In a telegram to Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor [regarding the Boston
police strike 14 September 1919.]

They all know I'm back, very much back, and that
I will be the general president again come hell or
high water. I'm not a guy who believes in limited
warfare, so the rats better start jumping the ship.
--Jimmy Hoffa (1913—1975 (disappeared))
American labor leader.
_Hoffa: The Real Story_ [1975]

Unionism seldom, if ever, uses such power as it has
to insure better work; almost always it devotes a
large part of that power to safeguarding bad work.
--H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (1880—1956)
American journalist and literary critic.
_Prejudices: Third Series_, ch. 4 [1922]

It is essential that there should be organization
of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital
organizes and therefore labor must organize.
--Theodore Roosevelt (1858—1919)
American Republican statesman and President [1901—1909].
In a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [14 October 1912].



LAKE GEORGE
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see: "ADIRONDACKS"
see: "NATURE" for other related links
see: "PLACES" for other related links


Lake George is, without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw;
formed by a contour of mountains into a basin thirty-five miles long, and
from two to four miles broad, finely interspersed with islands, its water
limpid as crystal and the mountain sides covered with rich groves of silver
fir, white pine, aspen and paper birch down to the wateredge, here and
there precipices of rock to checker the scene and save it from monotony.
An abundance of speckled trout, salmon trout, bass, and other fish with
which it is stored, have added to our other amusements, the sport of taking
them.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
Letter to Martha Jefferson Randolph [31 May 1791].




LANDRY (TOM)

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Tom Landry (1924—2000)
Coach of Dallas Cowboys [1960—1988]

see: "FOOTBALL"
see: "PEOPLE" for other related links


[When asked if he had ever seen Coach Landry smile:]
No, but I was only there nine years.
--Walt Garrison (b. 1944)
American football player.
Quoted in Jaime Aron
_Dallas Cowboys: The Complete Illustrated History_ [2010].



LAST WORDS

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see: "EPITAPHS"
see: "DEATH" for other related links


Thomas Jefferson still survives.
--John Adams (1735—1826)
First VP and second President of the United States.
On July 4 1826, the 50th anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence. (Adams was wrong,
Jefferson had died a few hours earlier, but also
on the fourth. On the day before, concerned that
he might die before the anniversary, Jefferson
had utttered his last words: 'Is it the fourth?'
and then slipped into a coma - GBAQ.)

[Responding to his physician's observation:
'General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.':]
Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they?
Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait.
--Ethan Allen (1738—1789)
American soldier and frontiersman, leader of the
Green Mountain Boys during the Revolutionary War.

[When she momentarily awoke to find
herself surrounded by her entire family:]
Am I dying or is this my birthday?
--Lady Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (1879—1964)
American-born, first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons.

How were the circus receipts today at Madison Square Garden?
--Phineas T. Barnum (1810—1891)
American showman.
[7 April 1891]

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would
allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
--attributed to John Barrymore (John Sidney Blythe) (1882—1942)
Shakespearean actor.

Now comes the mystery.
--Henry Ward Beecher (1813—1887)
American Congregational minister; brother of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, son of Lyman Beecher.
In Edward Latham _Famous Sayings and Their Authors_ [1906].

[To his wife Lauren Bacall, as she left the room for a moment:]
Goodbye, kid. Hurry back.
--Humphrey Bogart (1899—1957)
American actor.
[14 January 1957]

I am about to — or I am going to — die;
either expression is used.
--Dominique Bouhours (1632—1702)
Pre-eminent French Jesuit grammarian who worked
endlessly to promote a high standard of correctness
and purity in the French language.
Attributed last words, quoted in "Saturday Review" [1955].

The South, the poor South! God knows what will become of her.
--John C. Calhoun (1782—1850)
American political leader who was U.S. congressman,
secretary of war, vice president [1825—1832], senator,
and secretary of state. He championed states' rights.
and slavery and was a symbol of the Old South.
Attributed in Hermann Von Holst _John C. Calhoun_ [1882].

[Commiting suicide while on air:]
In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the
latest in blood and guts in living color, you're going to
see another first— an attempted suicide.
--Christine Chubbuck (1944—1974)
American television news reporter.
"Sunshine Broadcast", WXLT-TV, Sarasota FL [15 July 1974]

All my possessions for a moment of time.
--Elizabeth I (1533—1603)
Queen of England and Ireland [1558—1603].
Attributed in "Littell's Living Age" [8 November 1856].

How about this for a headline for
tomorrow's paper? French fries.
--James French (1936—1966)
American convict.
Electrocuted in Oklahoma [1966].
Quoted in Laura Ward _Famous Last Words:
The Ultimate Collection of Finales and Farewells_ [2004].

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George V (1865—1936), king of the United Kingdom [1910—1936].

His doctor assured the dying George V that
he would soon be convalescent and able to
go to his favorite seaside resort of Bognor
Regis on the south coast of England.
"Bugger Bognor," said the monarch and
expired.

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000 ed.]

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I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti.
I want the press to know this.
--Thomas J. Grasso, a convicted killer who was executed
March 20, 1995 in Oklahoma. His last meal fell short of
expectation.
Quoted in Laura Ward _Famous Last Words:
The Ultimate Collection of Finales and Farewells_ [2004].

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I only regret that I have but one life
to lose for my country.
--Nathan Hale (1755—1776)
American revolutionary.
(Prior to his execution by the British for spying.)
In Henry Phelps Johnston _Nathan Hale, 1776_ [1914]

Note: An eye-witness, British officer Captain Frederick Mackenzie,
stated in his diary that Hale's last words were: "It is the duty of
every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-
in-chief."

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Well, I've had a happy life.
--William Hazlitt (1778—1830)
English essayist.
In William Carew Hazlitt _Memoirs Of William Hazlitt:
With Portions Of His Correspondence_ [1867].

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
--O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862—1910)
American short-story writer.
Reported in C. Alphonso Smith _O. Henry_ [1916].

On the contrary.
--Henrik Ibsen (1828—1906)
Norwegian playwright.
(Just before he died, upon hearing his nurse remark
to a visitor that he was feeling better.)
Quoted in Michael Meyer _Ibsen_ [1967]

[Last words on the scaffold:]
Such is life!
--Ned Kelly (1854—1880)
Australian outlaw.
Quoted in Frank Clune _The Kelly Hunters_ [1958].

I wish I'd drunk more champagne.
--attributed to John Maynard Keynes (1883—1946)
English economist.

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The actor John Le Mesurier arranged for his own death notice
to appear in _The Times_ when appropriate. It duly appeared
on 16 November 1983, in the form: 'John Le Mesurier wishes
it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly
misses family and friends.' His last words were, 'It's all been
rather lovely.'
--_The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes_
Introduced by Edward Leeson [2005], "Death"

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[When his nurse asked him about the
state of his bowels on his deathbed:]
Mind your own business.
--[Percy] Wyndham Lewis (1882—1957)
Canadian-born British artist and writer.

Philippides [or Pheidippides] ... brought the news
of the victory from Marathon and addressed the
magistrates in session when they were anxious to
know how the battle had ended; 'Rejoice, we've
won,' he said and then he died breathing his last
breath with those words.
--Lucian (c. 120—c. 180)
Greek rhetorician, pamphleteer, and satirist.
_A Slip of Tongue in Greeting_,
in M.J. Cohan and John Major (eds.) _History in Quotations_ [2004].

[When asked by his housekeeper if he had any last words:]
Go on, get out! Last words are for
fools who haven't said enough!
--Karl Marx (1818—1883)
German political philosopher.
Attributed in Jonathon Green _Famous Last Words_ [1979].

[To the firing squad at his execution, 27 February 1902:]
Shoot straight you bastards. Don't make a mess of it.
--Harry "Breaker" Morant (1864—1902)
English-born Australian poet and soldier.
Quoted in Bill Hornadge _The Australian Slanguage_ [1980].

I am just going outside and may be some time.
--Captain Lawrence Oates (1880—1912)
English polar explorer.
Scott's diary entry [16-17 March 1912]

Born in a hotel room — and God
damn it — died in a hotel room.
--Eugene O'Neill (1888—1953)
American playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936.
Quoted in Arthur and Barbara Gelb _O'Neill_ [1962].

Die, my dear doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!
--Lord Palmerston [Henry John Temple] (1784—1865)
British politician.
Attributed in "Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal" [July 1890].

[Said on the day of his death:]
So little done, so much to do.
--Cecil Rhodes (1853—1902)
South African statesman.
In Lewis Mitchell _Life of Rhodes_ [1910].

Why yes, a bulletproof vest!
--James W. Rodgers (d.1960)
Final request before the firing squad, 30 March 1960.
Quoted in Robert K. Elder _Last Words of the Executed_ [2010].

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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778)
French philosopher and novelist.

Rousseau owed a great deal to his patroness,
Mme De Vercelles. As she was readying to
die, Rousseau waited by her bedside. She
could no longer speak, and it was clear death
was near. Suddenly, she broke wind loudly.
'Good,' she said, 'a woman who can fart is
not dead.' Upon which she died.

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000 ed.]

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Put that bloody cigarette out!
--Saki [Hector Hugh Munro] (1870—1916)
Scottish writer.
In Nigel Rees _Brewer's Famous Quotations_ [2006]
The author explains:
During a night march on Beaumont-Hamel in the
First World War, it was said by Lance-Sergeant
Munro to one of his men who had just lit up.
[Munro] was killed by a German sniper.

Don't duck. Ha, they couldn't hit
an elephant at this dis--
--General John B. Sedgwick (1813—1864)
The most senior officer from either side to be
killed during the American Civil War.
He was shot by a Confederate sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania [9 May 1864].

If this is dying, then I don't think much of it.
--Lytton Strachey (1880—1932)
English biographer.
Quoted in Michael Holroyd _Lytton Stratchey_ vol. 2 [1968].

I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a row.
I do believe that is a record.
--Dylan Thomas (1914—1953)
Welsh poet.
At a bar in Greenwich Village, NYC. While these
were not technically his last words, he died of
alcoholic poisoning nine days later.

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
--Pancho Villa (Doroteo Arango Arambula) (1877—1923)
Mexican revolutionary.
Attributed in Parris Afton Bonds _Blue Moon_ [1985].

I still live.
--Daniel Webster (1782—1852)
American orator and politician.
[24 October 1852]
In Samuel P. Lyman _The Public and Private Life of Daniel Webster_ [1885].

I'm fine. Go away.
--attributed to H.G. Wells (1866—1946)
English novelist.

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(Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant.)
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.
(gladiators saluting the Roman Emperor)
--anon., in Suetonius _Lives of the Caesars_ "Claudius"

We are putting passengers off
in small boats ...Engine room
getting flooded ... CQ.
(CQD was the original SOS call for shipping.)
--anon., last signals sent from the "Titanic" [15 April 1912]



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LAS VEGAS

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see: "GAMBLING"
see: "PLACES" for other related links


We stayed at Caesar's Palace, a giant hotel-casino
authentically decorated to look exactly the way
the Roman Empire would have looked if it had
consisted mainly of slot machines.
--Dave Barry (b. 1947)
American humorist.
Quoted in Jon Winokur _The Traveling Curmudgeon:
Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes _ [2003].

Los Angeles is a place that operates on hope and there is
still something pure about that. It helps one see through
the dirty air. Vegas is different ... It operates on desire
and on that road is ultimate heartbreak.
--Michael Connelly (b. 1956)
American author of detective novels.
_The Narrows_, pp. 36-7 [2004]

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[While headlining at the Desert Inn for four weeks in 1955:]
Noλl Coward found Vegas exotic, calling it a "fabulous,
extraordinary madhouse" run by polite, dapper gangsters.

"Their morals are bizarre in the extreme," he wrote in his
diary. "They are generous, mother-worshippers, sentimental,
and capable of much kindness. They are also ruthless, cruel,
violent, and devoid of scruples ... curious products of a most
curious adolescent country."

--Joe Brown
_Las Vegas Sun_ [14 May 2009]

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A natural habitat, where the unnatural runs rampant.
--Robin Finn,
_New York Times_ [29 October 1990]

It is highwayman and whore on the desert road, a
city both veneer and venereal, dedicated to waste
and excess, heartless and without a heart; a town
where, probably, nothing good or worthwhile has
ever happened, nor ever will. ... As I set off I did
not look back in case I was struck into salt.
--Trevor Fishlock
British writer and broadcaster.
_Americans and Nothing Else_ [1980]

Las Vegas ... is a man-made paradise, the fallen
Adam in the arms of a neon serpent. ... This is
Playland as Eden, essentially infantile, but it
entrances many bored people, including lot of
foreigners.
--Robert Mazzocco,
"Letter from Las Vegas",
_New York Review of Books_ [15 September 1977]

Vegas isn't a real city. It's a Sodom and Gomorrah
theme park surrounded by hideous exurban sprawl
and wasteland so barren it makes the moon look
like an English rose garden.
--J.R. Moehringer
"Winner Take All" in _Smithsonian_ [October 2010].

It's like a garbage disposal for money.
--attributed to Robert Orben (b. 1927)
American magician and comedy writer.

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kap posting to USENET in 1998 about the charms of Las Vegas:

We took the monorail up to the new hotel, Mandalay Bay, where
I planned to see the statue of Lenin. You see, each bar at Mandalay
Bay has a theme and the Vodka Bar's theme is Russia which is why
the hotel put a statue of Lenin outside the bar. Anyway, Lenin
apparently wasn't a very nice fellow and some people asked,
"Who's next, Hitler?" The hotel did an about-face and one evening
three weeks ago removed his head and, to add insult to injury,
poured phony bird poop all over him.

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When we first moved out here, we noticed that most of the
people were a little 'slow'. Ok — stupid if you prefer. It's
not that they're really stupid — it's the heat (it fries your
brain after a while.) So when we went to Macy's we found
two sets of doors to keep out the light and heat. On the
outside doors the sign reads "Open Sundays 12-8" The
inside doors read "Open Sundays 11-8" Go figure!

We are just as bad. We go to the casino and leave behind
lots and lots of cash. Then when we get enough points
(for playing the machines), we get a free dinner. We're
always happy that we get a 'free' meal, even though a
steak probably cost us $500. Good steak though. Go
figure!

kap

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Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one .45 caliber
automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days concentrated
emergency rations; one drug issue containing: antibiotics,
morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer
pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible;
one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine
packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks;
three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fellah could have a pretty
good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
--"Dr Strangelove" [1964 film]

[After the plane landed the flight] attendant said, 'Ladies and
gentlemen, we would like to welcome you to San Francisco.
Unfortunately, this is Las Vegas.'
--anon.
As reported by Dwayne Chestnut, in Herb Caen
column in "San Francisco Chronicle" [11 August 1993].

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