Vacuum makes one great

There were leaders who were leaders
Not as much by their merit as by the spirit
Of their people who lacked stalwarts.
An oasis is far sought than a Switzerland’s valley.
17.02.2003

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

quote by Richard Ernst
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It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy.

quote by Geraldine Chaplin
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So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered.

quote by Charles Lyell
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I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

quote by Claude Nicollier
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To do so, we are creating a Fairness for Switzerland Committee that will not only disseminate some of the facts, but also protect a relationship that is important to all of us in North America.

quote by Peter Munk
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And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.

quote by Rene Auberjonois
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Choices!

Handmade Swiss watch may show the same time,
As the mass produced watches holding cheap chips,
But the former may run to last for generations,
The latter may collapse, but we will buy the next one.

Few people may have dollars to pay the Swiss artisans,
Many people have coins to support the cheap productions,
The pleasure of having something is invented and marketed,
When affordability is expanded, the satisfaction is unmatched.

When we can't afford the expensive, we can go for the cheap,
When we can't afford the original, we can go fo the generic,
When we can't afford a healthy life style, we can be sick,
When we can't afford a good leader, we can go for the tactful.

poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi
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A Canadian Democratic Dictator

A dictator might improve our democratic illusions,
Compel all Canadians to vote and be part of the solution,
Throw out all party agendas for the greater national cause,
Maybe a Charter of Rights just for Canadians just because.

The Charter was not written for us; it was written for them,
Hundreds of millions of very strange looking women and men,
And others who like to march or riot or maybe burn police cars,
Then charged and onto Supreme Court appointments and be stars.

Unfortunately we have all been taught that the Charter is right,
Written in stone so no one can find fault either day or night,
We don’t have binding referendums so it can’t be changed,
If this was Switzerland, the Swiss could have it all rearranged.

Jan 4th,2011

poem by James Bredin
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That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.

quote by Martina Hingis
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Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years.

quote by Herman Hesse
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A Swiss Constitution

We are all going to die whether we like it or not,
It will happen sooner or later even if you think you're a big shot,
It can't be organized or scheduled for this or that reason,
It's against the law and considered to be next to treason.

The Swiss and Dutch have it figured out and have death with dignity,
But it's not allowed in Canada - High Court activity.
Sue Rodriguez was refused though she had Lou Gehrig's disease,
Canadian Supreme Court dressed in red, refused her please.

So we should amend our constitution like the Swiss and the Dutch,
Because under the present system our Supreme Court has too much,
If we had binding referendums we could get back in control,
Instead, nowadays many murderers seem to get parole.

poem by James Bredin
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German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.

quote by Cecilia Bartoli
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Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors.

quote by Fritz Kreisler
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And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails.

quote by Herman Gorter
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Golden Bird, Painted Black

From beginning I heard
India was a golden bird,
Mughals, Britishers arrived
Looted wealth and destroyed

As she had wealth natural
Precious stones and pearl
Real gold, range of mineral
And knowledge of spiritual.

Hard work of noble citizens
Has mounted wealth again
But many citizens still feel pity
They are to live below poverty.

The amount involved in scams
Amount brought to Swiss bank,
Can run India totally tax free,
Not less the decades of three.

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poem by S.D. Tiwari
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Our Lives Are Swiss

Our lives are Swiss --
So still -- so Cool --
Till some odd afternoon
The Alps neglect their Curtains
And we look farther on!

Italy stands the other side!
While like a guard between --
The solemn Alps --
The siren Alps
Forever intervene!

poem by Emily Dickinson
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In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it.

quote by Charles Lyell
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Mubarak Hide Stolen Egyptian Wealth

Where Does Barking Jackal God
Mubarak Hide Stolen Egyptian Wealth?

Egyptian Jackal God
plummets economy Egyptian pound
into continual decline
money hidden in British Swiss Banks
a string of properties
in America businesses along Red Sea.

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Undercover Depression (Rev.)

9 October 2008

suffering undercover depression
hiding negative feelings
attempts at joie de vivre
failing hideously, talking
around and away from
the overwhelming distress

packing Swiss Mission
documents separately creates
a terrible mess, can’t track
and match translations
to original texts
can’t fix the problem
feeling fear growing
fleeing is moral cowardice

how to tackle the problem tomorrow
desperately seeking solutions

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poem by Margaret Alice
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