JUNE 30 BIRTHDAYS + ALAN ARKIN
+ ANGRY PEOPLE want you to see how powerful they are. Loving people want you to see how powerful You are. Chief Red Cloud
+ BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE OR INFLUENCE THE WORLD, ONE MUST FIRST BEGIN BY CHANGING OR IMPROVING ONESELF. Socrates
+ RATHER FAIL WITH HONOUR THAN SUCCEED BY FRAUD. Sophocles
+ I HAVE LEARNED silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. Kahlil Gibran
Birthday today: CHERYL COLE 1983 . . . MUSICIAN
I LOVE THAT FEELING OF INSPIRING OTHER WOMEN.
I’d love kids. I’m obsessed with babies. Of course I’ve thought about baby names. A million times. I like Alfie for a little boy.
TEAM SPIRIT spurs me on. I’ve always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.
I DON’T TRUST ANYBODY IN MY LIFE EXCEPT MY MOTHER AND MY DOGS.
ANYBODY that’s been through a divorce, and I hope it’s something people never have to experience, it’s the worst thing in the world.
LOUIS GIGLIO. PASTOR 1968-
GOD calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours.
YOU NEVER SHRINK IN STATURE BY LIFTING SOMEONE ELSE UP.
Even if we don’t see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.
LENA HORNE. 1917-2010 “Stormy Weather” Cabin in the Sky”
I’M STILL LEARNING, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don’t know.
I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF TO BE KINDER TO OTHER PEOPLE.
EVERY COLOR I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.
MALCOLM X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had a peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
I WAS LUCKY, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.
DON’T BE AFRAID to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.
MALCOLM X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.
ALAN ARKIN just departed. 1934-2023 “The Russians are Coming” “Little Miss Sunshine” “Argo” “Enter Laughing”
I KNOW THAT IF I CAN’T MOVE PEOPLE, THEN I HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING AN ACTOR,
EITHER YOU’RE GROWING or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
IT’S MURDER to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
TRUTH IS ALWAYS UNFOLDING. IT’S NOT AN ABSOLUTE.
I DON’T BELIEVE THERE’S ANYTHING IN LIFE you can’t go back and fix. The ancient Vedas — the oldest Hindu philosophy — and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that’s true, there’s no such thing as a past or a future — it’s all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future.
MARRIAGE REQUIRES SEARING HONESTY AT ALL COSTS. I learned that from my third wife.
THINGS ARE NEVER GOING TO TURN OUT HOW YOU THINK THEY WILL.
I READ SOMEWHERE that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, “Man. if that’s not a definition of God, I don’t know what is.”
MY FAVORITE KIND OF FILM IS A SERIOUS COMEDY. Comedy with serious underpinning.
TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn’t use to have a ready answer for everything, whether that knew something about it or not. People think they have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. But it’s bullshit! Reflection is crucial.
ONE OF THE THINGS I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not.
PEACE TO THE LIVING AND THE DEPARTED