OPRAH WINFREY b.1954

American talk show host and philanthropist

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

The next post here will be on Friday 3rd January.

The new blog POETRY AND PROSE - MY CHOICE begins that day -

http://poetryandprose-mychoice.blogspot.com

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VERN McLELLAN

What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.

NEW - beginning on Friday 3rd January

POETRY AND PROSE - MY CHOICE

http://poetryandprose-mychoice.blogspot.com

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ALBERT EINSTEIN 1879-1955

German-born theoretical physicist

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

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NEW - beginning Friday 3rd January

POETRY AND PROSE - MY CHOICE

http://poetryandprose-mychoice.blogspot.com

ANON

Don't cry because it's over.

Smile because it happened.

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WALTER SCOTT 1771-1832

Heap on the wood! The wind is chill;

But let it whistle as it will,

We'll keep our Christmas merry still .

The next post here will be on Friday 27th December

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SHIRLEY TEMPLE b.1928

American film and TV actress, and former US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

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JOHN BETJEMAN 1906-84

British poet,writer and broadcaster

Think of what our nation stands for,

Books from Boots' and country lanes,

Free speech, free passes, class distinction,

Democracy and proper drains.

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PUBLILIUS SYRUS 1st century BC

Syrian poet and writer

He who gives quickly gives the poor man twice as much.

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Ethiopian Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

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AGATHA CHRISTIE 1890-1976

British writer of crime novels

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a good thing.

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 1856-1950

Irish playwright, co-founder of the London School of Economics

Do not do unto others as you would they should do to you. Their tastes my not be the same.

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ARISTOTLE 384BC - 322BC

Greek philosopher

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

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AMANDA McBROOM b.1947

American singer, songwriter and actress

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance,

It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance,

It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give, 

And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.

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T.S. ELIOT 1888-1965

American-born British poet and essayist

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing; that is enough for one man's life.

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HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON 1840-1921

British poet and essayist

Time goes, you say! Ah no!

Alas, time stays.We go!

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JANE AUSTEN 1775-1817

English novelist

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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LANGSTON HUGHES 1902-67

American poet, social activist and novelist

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

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CICERO 106 BC - 43 BC

Roman philosopher, politician and orator

The mind is the true self, not the person that can be pointed to with the finger,

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ANN LANDERS

"Ann Landers" was the pen name of an advice columnist in the Chicago Sun-Times

Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Be able to do your duty without being supervised.

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OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900

Irish writer and poet

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

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ERICA JONG b.1942

American author and teacher

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing; no one else is to blame.

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BERTRAND RUSSELL 1872-1970

British philosopher, historian and social critic

No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.

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ANITA BOOKNER b.1928

British novelist and art historian

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

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LAO-TZU

6th century BC Chinese philosopher

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1858-1919

26th president of the USA

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

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ANDREA BOCELLI b.1958

Italian singer-songwriter

All that counts in life is intention

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AUDREY HEPBURN 1929-93

British actress and humanitarian

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others,

For beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness,

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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