Andrew Blair:
CLASS OF 1981
Hudson High SchoolClass of 1981
Hudson, OH
Andrew's Story
Andrew is from Hudson, Ohio. He is married with Jennifer Blair. His schools include Hudson High School. He later attended Ohio University (Electrical Engineering). He works(ed) at American Municipal Power, Inc..
Andrew's interests include Barry Goldwater, HP-15C, Contract bridge, Jerry Sherk. Music he likes includes James Taylor, Melissa Etheridge, Don Henley. Books he likes include Freakonomics, For Reading Addicts, The Lord of the Rings. Movies he likes include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same, The Best Years of Our Lives. TV shows he likes include Morning Joe, The Men Who Built America, Last Man Standing.
One of Andrew's favorite quotes is:""I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by proper culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself whatever he pleases, except a good poet."
--The Earl of Chesterfield
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"There is no such thing as a good tax."
"Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon."
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
"We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last."
--- Winston Churchill
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. - To Kill a Mockingbird
Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
[aloud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!
- Casablanca
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
Albert Einstein, 'Out of My Later Years,' 1950
"The question isn't whether the glass is half empty ... Or half full. The real question is: Why did the engineer screw up and design the glass the wrong size?"
- Gilbert Woods , Marietta OH
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"Having Sex is like playing Bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a great hand." - Woody Allen
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
Religion,morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." - Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
Sam Weber: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.
Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
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“If you are going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill
"I'd like to find your inner child, and kick its little ass!" - Don Henley
Slovotsky's Law: Doing the best thing right away is much better than doing the second-best thing after much hesitation. I didn't say it's easier, mind, just better.
Life is the sum of all your choices. – Albert Camus
"Collateral Damage Man" is NOT an appropriate name for a super hero.
"We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase the reluctance." -Unknown
"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?" - Adam Smith
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." - from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
"I for one, Welcome our new Robot Overlords"
"Did you ever feel life was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?" - George Gobel
The wisdom and the discretion of Congress,
their identity with the people,
and the influence which their constituents possess at elections are, in this as in many other instances,...... the sole restraints on which they have relied to secure them from its abuse. They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely in all representative governments.
- Chief Justice John Marshall 1824".
More about Andrew:"An "Engineer" trapped in a "Manager's" body..
I am NOT an Accountant!...".
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