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Quotes of the Day for 26 December 2004 - Boxes

It's Boxing Day, celebrated in England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and a legal holiday in some of those, but the origins of the day are lost. Possibly it's the day the priests distributed the proceeds of the Christmas offering boxes to the needy, possibly the remnants of masters giving gifts to the servants who had to work on Christmas putting on the feast. The custom is old, "Good King Wenceslaus" - actually the Duke of Bohemia, took food and fuel to the poor man on this day in the first half of the 10th century. Here are some quotes on boxes.

There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams. Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there.
     - Erma Louise Bombeck, 1927 - 1996

I love boxing. Where else do two grown men prance around in satin underwear, fighting over a belt? ... The one who wins gets a purse. They do it in gloves. It's the accessory connection I love.
     - John McGovern

The past should be culled like a box of fresh strawberries, rinsed of debris, sweetened judiciously and served in small portions, not very often.
     - Laura Palmer

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
     - Margaret Mead, 1901 - 1978

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.
     - Tenley Albright

"I love you" is the inscription on Pandora's box.
     - Mason Cooley

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