Monday, December 30, 2013

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 -

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

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

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

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

Friday, December 27, 2013

ANON

Don't cry because it's over.
Smile because it happened.

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Monday, December 23, 2013

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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Sunday, December 22, 2013

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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Saturday, December 21, 2013

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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Friday, December 20, 2013

PUBLILIUS SYRUS 1st century BC


Syrian poet and writer


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


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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Ethiopian Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

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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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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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Monday, December 16, 2013

ARISTOTLE 384BC - 322BC


Greek philosopher


Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.


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Sunday, December 15, 2013

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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Saturday, December 14, 2013

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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Friday, December 13, 2013

HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON 1840-1921

British poet and essayist

Time goes, you say! Ah no!
Alas, time stays.We go!

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

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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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

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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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

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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Monday, December 09, 2013

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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Sunday, December 08, 2013

OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900


Irish writer and poet


Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.


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Saturday, December 07, 2013

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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Friday, December 06, 2013

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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Thursday, December 05, 2013

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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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

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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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

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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Monday, December 02, 2013

ANDREA BOCELLI b.1958

Italian singer-songwriter

All that counts in life is intention

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Sunday, December 01, 2013

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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