Gail was born on June 18th, 1937 in Birmingham Alabama. It seems Gail had an interesting life. She was raised in Asheville, North Carolina. When she grew up and went to college she went for Journalism. Later getting a job at the Miami Herald where she met her husband. She eventually got a divorce from her husband and was fired from the Miami Herald. After this she went to become a waitress, eventually returning to school at the University of Iowa getting her Master's and her PhD. Since then she has written many books where five have been awarded New York Times Bestsellers. She is still alive today.
Gail's quote is, "One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are." In my opinion I don't agree with this quote 100%. My reason is because she is saying to put high regards for the "few" people that care about you. I have done the same thing and there are some people I can and can't trust. It is a long story but a friend I had for 6 years had betrayed me now we have not been the same since. I put my trust in him and he really was my best bud for the whole time...until that incident. So I do agree but sometimes it is not always true, so you have to watch for the people that could possibly be shaky.
The word for this post is Homage: reverence or respect.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Mohammed
Mohammed was a prophet. It is estimated that Mohammed was born around the year 570 A.D. so roughly 1500 years ago. Mohammed was the person who created the Koran, along with his God's help. Throughout his life time that is what he spent it doing...supporting the religion that he so proudly believed in. Later Mohammed died on June 11th, 632, at least that is what we think.
Mohammed's quote says, "Patience is the key to contentment." I do agree with this, it is basically the same thing as, "patience is a virtue." Meaning, if you have patience what you are waiting for will eventually come to you. Which is exactly what Mohammed was trying to make a point of. I use this in my own life. I try to be patient because when your not patient sometimes you may miss something, or you can mess something up, and if you just keep your cool and hold on things will work out in the end.
the word for this post is, malaise: a feeling of depression or unease.
Mohammed's quote says, "Patience is the key to contentment." I do agree with this, it is basically the same thing as, "patience is a virtue." Meaning, if you have patience what you are waiting for will eventually come to you. Which is exactly what Mohammed was trying to make a point of. I use this in my own life. I try to be patient because when your not patient sometimes you may miss something, or you can mess something up, and if you just keep your cool and hold on things will work out in the end.
the word for this post is, malaise: a feeling of depression or unease.
Patsy Clairmont
It seems that Patsy, since she is alive, has a very limited biography. It comes to me that when people are alive it's very hard to find their life story. So far it says she is a speaker at the Woman of Faith conference. She has written many books to go along with her feminist area of expertise.
Patsy's quote today is, "Normal is just a setting on your dryer." This is an unexpected kind of wonder some quote. I do agree with the point she is trying to make with this quote though. How do we truly know who is and is not normal. Everybody is obviously different in their own way, shape and form. So why is it all of us think we need to meet a certain criteria of society, none of us are normal and we all have some sort of unusual habit that society might frown upon. It's just the object to keep it a secret. So yes, I agree with Patsy that normal is also just the type of Pokemon on your game.
The word for the post is Latent: Potential; but not yet visible.
Patsy's quote today is, "Normal is just a setting on your dryer." This is an unexpected kind of wonder some quote. I do agree with the point she is trying to make with this quote though. How do we truly know who is and is not normal. Everybody is obviously different in their own way, shape and form. So why is it all of us think we need to meet a certain criteria of society, none of us are normal and we all have some sort of unusual habit that society might frown upon. It's just the object to keep it a secret. So yes, I agree with Patsy that normal is also just the type of Pokemon on your game.
The word for the post is Latent: Potential; but not yet visible.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Denzel Washington
Yeah that's right, Denzel Washington! He was born on December 28th, 1954 in Mount Vernon New York. After graduating from high school he went on to college, majoring in Journalism. While in college he got the acting bug, and decided to move to San Francisco. While there it was not hard for him to become a major actor. Since then he has played in multiple movies including, Man On Fire, Carbon Copy, etc...
Denzel's quote I have here is, "Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life." I somewhat understand him, of course he is saying that acting is just his job, but family I believe is what he truly cares about. I agree family comes first no matter what the circumstance, don't let some manager, or supervisor try and boss you around, because when you have to go to the hospital when your kid broke their leg, you have to go.
Denzel's quote I have here is, "Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life." I somewhat understand him, of course he is saying that acting is just his job, but family I believe is what he truly cares about. I agree family comes first no matter what the circumstance, don't let some manager, or supervisor try and boss you around, because when you have to go to the hospital when your kid broke their leg, you have to go.
Rosalynn Carter
Yay another person that is still alive today :). Anyway Rosalynn here was born on August 18th, 1927 in Plains, Georgia. She was the eldest of 4 siblings, two of which have died. In her youth she was her high school Valedictorian, which is pretty impressive (though we don't know her class size). Later in the 1940's she met a man named James Earl "Jimmy" Carter...Who ended up being our president. Jimmy had to propose to Rosalynn twice to get her to accept, the first was because in her opinion was to soon in their dating, but two months later he proposed again and she accepted, they got married in 1946. In the 60's and 70's she helped her husband run for governor and senator. Later becoming president from 1977-1981. Since that time she has been a public speaker in political issues, and has started some associations and being chair of them to try to make a difference on some public issues. Now she is just living her life, and only showing up in politics not so often anymore.
Her quote that I have is, "A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be." I full on agree with this, a president may sometimes not be ready to take on the position he is about to get, and sometimes you have to deal with things that you don't necessarily want to deal with, examples...Franklin D. Roosevelt- WWII, George W. Bush- 9/11, and President Barack Obama- Floods of 2008, and Oil Spill of 2010, lastly the Iraq war. I'm sure none of these presidents wanted to deal with the issues, but it is their duty, and they certainly did/will do their best to solve the issues for the good of the country.
The word for the post is, Unilateral: On one side alone.
Her quote that I have is, "A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be." I full on agree with this, a president may sometimes not be ready to take on the position he is about to get, and sometimes you have to deal with things that you don't necessarily want to deal with, examples...Franklin D. Roosevelt- WWII, George W. Bush- 9/11, and President Barack Obama- Floods of 2008, and Oil Spill of 2010, lastly the Iraq war. I'm sure none of these presidents wanted to deal with the issues, but it is their duty, and they certainly did/will do their best to solve the issues for the good of the country.
The word for the post is, Unilateral: On one side alone.
Andre Gide
Today's post is about a man named Andre Gide. He was born in 1869. The biography of him does not give much information on his life. It says as a child he was severly prone to getting sick, and at some point he became gravely ill and nearly killed him. Because of his prone to sickness, it interupted his education for long periods of time. Though he grew up to be an author writing books like, Le Retour de L'U.R.S.S, which was about his trip to Russia. He also wrote an autobiography in his lifetime. Lastly, he died on February 19th, 1951.
The quote I have from Mr. Gide is, "What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most." This is an interesting quote. He is explaining that what has high demands and constantly eats at us can teach us alot, so I personally would see this talking about a father figure or someone you look up to of some kind. I don't think I completely agree with this quote because, I know my parents are not perfect. My mother especially...but even though they try to teach somethings to you, sometimes it is not always the right thing to do, for example, if your dad told you to jump off a bridge would you do it? Gide was born and raised in a very different time than what we live in now. Back then, you listened to your parents otherwise they'd beat you. Now it's them telling you what to do and hope you listen in fear of hitting because of a lawsuit. That's just the way it is, and personally I at an early age could see through some of the faults of my parents and knew they were not always right, so I created my own expectations of things I would and would not do, and so far I've done pretty good in life.
The word for today is, benign: Not harmful; gentle.
The quote I have from Mr. Gide is, "What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most." This is an interesting quote. He is explaining that what has high demands and constantly eats at us can teach us alot, so I personally would see this talking about a father figure or someone you look up to of some kind. I don't think I completely agree with this quote because, I know my parents are not perfect. My mother especially...but even though they try to teach somethings to you, sometimes it is not always the right thing to do, for example, if your dad told you to jump off a bridge would you do it? Gide was born and raised in a very different time than what we live in now. Back then, you listened to your parents otherwise they'd beat you. Now it's them telling you what to do and hope you listen in fear of hitting because of a lawsuit. That's just the way it is, and personally I at an early age could see through some of the faults of my parents and knew they were not always right, so I created my own expectations of things I would and would not do, and so far I've done pretty good in life.
The word for today is, benign: Not harmful; gentle.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Julia Cameron
Suprise!! Another person in my long list of people that is actually still alive. Julia Cameron was born on March 4th, 1948. She was born and raised in Chicacgo, as a teen she started college in Georgetown University, after graduation she started her writing career at the Washington Post, and later at Rolling Stone. It appears she was married once, for two years. In Julia's lifetime she was a director most of the time. She made many movies that you might have seen today as well. She has taught at the Smithsonian and today she lives somewhere in New York City.
Her quote is, "Creativity, like human life itself, begins in darkness." I agree with this quote simply because in order to get better at something you need to try to get better, if you dont practice then you wont get better. It's like when I first started playing Football, I had appsolutely no idea what I was doing, but after being thrown into the game for a few quarters, it started making a little more sense to me (This of course was during practice not a real game).
The word for today is Wistful: Displaying a gentle desire or sad longing.
Her quote is, "Creativity, like human life itself, begins in darkness." I agree with this quote simply because in order to get better at something you need to try to get better, if you dont practice then you wont get better. It's like when I first started playing Football, I had appsolutely no idea what I was doing, but after being thrown into the game for a few quarters, it started making a little more sense to me (This of course was during practice not a real game).
The word for today is Wistful: Displaying a gentle desire or sad longing.
Ovid
This next person was another one of those people that lived a very long time ago, in ancient rome I believe. Apparently, Ovid was born on March 20th, 43 B.C.E. While in Rome, he wasnt very good in politics, which is what his father wanted him to do, but he was good at writing. He had a small group of followers that followed his writing. At some point in about 8 or 9 C.E Ovid was exiled from Rome, his writings were taken out of the country, due to his exile. He was taken to Romania to spend the last of his days, he explains in some letters that the exile was not all that bad, because he was overall a nice guy people tended to like him. Famous poets/writers were influenced by him were: Edmund Spenser, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. He died sometime in 18 C.E. But it is not for sure information.
The quote I have from this famous man is, "Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it." I would imagine this is true, because it is pretty much saying, when you fight for your integrity it means more to you then when it did when you just have it. I think alot of people think that way, most of the time abou war, or perhaps in the Saw series.
Today's word is, Scanty: MInimal or hardly sufficien.
The quote I have from this famous man is, "Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it." I would imagine this is true, because it is pretty much saying, when you fight for your integrity it means more to you then when it did when you just have it. I think alot of people think that way, most of the time abou war, or perhaps in the Saw series.
Today's word is, Scanty: MInimal or hardly sufficien.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth was born on November 12th, 1815 in Johnstown New York. In her life time she was known as a famous feminist leader, today she is known as being one of the most gifted feminist leaders in all of American history. In her youth she had a total of 11 brothers and sisters, all of the males died and most of the girls, leaving Elizabeth and 3 of her sisters. As she grew up, she wanted to be equal to a male to please her father from losing all of his sons. Later in life she became a big time feminist, she fought against womans suffrage and even refused to take her husbands last name after marriage, because of the "obey" husband thing. Towards the end of her life, she was trying to change laws on marriage and stopped focusing on womans suffrage so much. She died on October 26th, 1902.
The quote I have from Mrs. Stanton is, "Nothing stregthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." Truthfully, i have apsolutely no idea what this quote is trying to mean, I would ask someone but I am not around anybody at this time. If I can make a guess, it might be trying to say you can't judge something until you try it, like saying you don't like pickles if you've never even tried one. But otherwise, it's kind of a confusing quote. lol.
Thw word for today is, Insipid: Lacking taste; bland.
The quote I have from Mrs. Stanton is, "Nothing stregthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." Truthfully, i have apsolutely no idea what this quote is trying to mean, I would ask someone but I am not around anybody at this time. If I can make a guess, it might be trying to say you can't judge something until you try it, like saying you don't like pickles if you've never even tried one. But otherwise, it's kind of a confusing quote. lol.
Thw word for today is, Insipid: Lacking taste; bland.
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