http://panchadsaram.com panchadsaram.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:32:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://panchadsaram.com/2009/08/27/547/ http://panchadsaram.com/2009/08/27/547/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:57:01 +0000 Ryan http://panchadsaram.com/?p=547 “By embracing the diversity in human beings, we will find true happiness.”

Malcom Gladwell on spaghetti sauce

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Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

]]> http://panchadsaram.com/2009/03/09/354/feed/ 0 http://panchadsaram.com/2009/02/25/325/ http://panchadsaram.com/2009/02/25/325/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:57:33 +0000 Ryan http://panchadsaram.com/?p=325 In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child…responsibility for our children’s education must begin at home.

President Barack Obama, Address to the Joint Session

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President Barack Obama, Address to the Joint Session

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C. P. Fulford Jr.

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Chris Martin from Coldplay (via Smarterware)

]]> http://panchadsaram.com/2009/02/09/261/feed/ 0 http://panchadsaram.com/2009/01/19/216/ http://panchadsaram.com/2009/01/19/216/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:15:35 +0000 Ryan http://panchadsaram.com/?p=216 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Malcom Gladwell

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Andy Warhol

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