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Houston is willing to change his mind. How far will he go?
After Tuesday's apology and $53.6 million in funding reinstated to the latest Nova Scotia budget, CBC reporters Taryn Grant and Michael Gorman talk about Premier Tim Houston's course change and what it means for deeper cuts planned for the future.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7124161?cmp=rss

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A quotation from Thoreau

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 3 “Reading” (1854)

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Thoreau, Henry David - Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 3 "Reading" (1854) | WIST Quotations

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Apr 10, 2025

A quotation from Cicero

No philosopher ever yet — and there has been a great deal written upon the subject — defined a mere change of plan as vacillation.

[Nemo doctus umquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 16, Letter 7, sec. 3 (16.7.3) (44 BC) [tr. Shuckburgh (1900), # 780]

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Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 16, Letter 7, sec. 3 (16.7.3) (44 BC) [tr. Shuckburgh (1900), # 780] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

No philosopher ever yet -- and there has been a great deal written upon the subject -- defined a mere change of plan as vacillation. [Nemo doctus umquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.] Defending to his brother his change in plans, based on…

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jul 22, 2024

A quotation from Buck, Pearl S.:

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Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
»

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What America Means to Me, ch. 10 (1942) - Buck, Pearl S. | WIST Quotations

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Critiquing lack of American policy in Asia, not just to defeat Japan, but to bring freedom to the people of China and India.

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