BIRTHDAYS JUNE 12
JUNE 12—-BIRTHDAYS ANNE FRANK WRITER 1929—1945 “The Diary of Anne Frank” DESPITE EVERYTHING, I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART. I DON’T THINK … Read more
JUNE 12—-BIRTHDAYS ANNE FRANK WRITER 1929—1945 “The Diary of Anne Frank” DESPITE EVERYTHING, I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART. I DON’T THINK … Read more
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU 1910–1997 WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS. FARMING AS WE DO IT IS HUNTING, AND IN THE SEA WE ACT LIKE BARBARIANS. MANKIND HAS PROBABLY DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THE EARTH IN THE 20TH … Read more
From Michael Moore: (excerpts) AN INCREDIBLE AND HISTORIC MOMENT TOOK PLACE 60 YEARS AGO ON JUNE 10, 1963. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASKED TO GIVE A COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAPPENING JUST FIVE MONTHS BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION, HE BRAVELY CALLED FOR AN END TO WAR, … Read more
BIRTHDAYS TODAY JUNE 10 E.O.WILSON scientist 1929– “The Ants” “Biophilla” “Half-Earth” IF ALL MANKIND WERE TO DISAPPEAR, THE WORLD WOULD REGENERATE BACK TO THE RICH STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM THAT EXISTED TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO. IF INSECTS WERE TO VANISH, THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD COLLAPSE INTO … Read more
1999 Ohso International Foundation. St. Martin’s Press “IF enough Americans were to read the brilliantly provocative words in this book, we might actually become ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave.’ Imagine that!” Tom Robbins, author of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” I love books. I have found treasures in used … Read more
And what is so rare as a day in June! Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then, if ever, come perfect days; And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, WE hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within … Read more
WHY, who makes much of a miracle? AS to me I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, OR dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, OR wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, OR stand under the trees … Read more
“As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason anyone should be exempt.” – Moliere “You can’t study comedy; it’s within you. It’s a personality. My humor is an attitude.” – Don Rickles “The only honest form is laughter, comedy. You can’t fake it… try to fake three … Read more
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON New thought leader 1874-1954
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