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Devout Catholic Norris was born in San Francisco on the 16th July 1880. When she was 19 years old, her parents died and she became the head of her family. She went on to become one of the highest paid female writers in America: "Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine." "For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape...
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Mary Baker Eddy's religious clarity in English is beautiful: "True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us." "Reject hatred without hating." Mary Baker Eddy's religious clarity in English is beautiful: "True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us." "Reject hatred without hating." "Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should...
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Ginger Rogers was born on this date 112 years ago in Independence, Missouri. She captivated the world dancing with Fred Astaire. She said: "My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months." and "Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time." God Bless Ginger.
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On this date, July 13, in 2010, George Steinbrenner died, and, much earlier, in 1865, publisher and Whig politician, Horace Greeley, is said to have advised his readers: “Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” (Has anything changed?) Steinbrenner was born in Ohio and died in Florida, but is most famous for owning the New York Yankees for 37 colorful years. His brash leadership is said to have been...
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Peter Paul Rubens was born on the 28th June, 1577. “My passion comes from the heavens,” said Rubens, “not from earthly musings.” In Rubens world men could be men and women could be women. There’s desire. There’s the chase. There is fun. Now, in 2023, that human reality gets confused with crime. Our deep connection, in what we traditional adults are and can be, is too often lost. But life is beautiful. God made us to couple and to love.
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Norma Shearer died on this date 40 years ago in 1983. She was the first 5-time Oscar acting nominee. "An adventure" she said, "maybe worn as a muddy spot or worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other." and "Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy." God Bless Freedom
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Judy Garland was wonderful. Freepers please tell me more ........
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June 1, 2023, is Marilyn Monroe’s 97th birthday In some or many male hearts and dreams, she is very much alive. She was available. “What do I wear in bed?” she pretended to ask herself, “Why, Chanel No.5, of course.” The fantasy was so good that it became real. “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.” Her reality sometimes went happily, but tragically too: these are believed to be her last words spoken to actor Peter Lawford: She was “tired and would not be coming” to dinner. “…… say goodbye to the president (Lawford’s brother-in-law), and...
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Doris Day was an incredibly popular and Republican singer and film star, who used her fame to establish the Doris Day Animal Foundation. She said: "I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy." In the movie “Love Me Or Leave Me” which was nominated for 6 academy awards (winning Best Story for Daniel Fuchs),...
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I believe we must not forget that: "Men, women and children need to live with love; this is an indispensable foundation of human society." Today, the 14th of May, is now Mother’s Day in Australia and the 54th birthday of mother-of-four, and dual Oscar winning Australian born actress Cate Blanchett. Here are some of her thoughts on being a mum: “Children are spirited, passionate, political, demanding. They are also heartbreaking. They constantly extend parents and so parents are constantly confronted with their failures, don’t you think? I’d rather presently live life this way than not.” “My husband and I worry...
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Lady Gregory was born on this date, 15 May, 171 years ago, in 1852, in County Galway, Ireland. Wikipedia reports that study of her grandfather-in-law’s letters lead to a shift in her politics “from the “soft” Unionism of her earlier writing on Home Rule to a definite support of Irish nationalism and Republicanism, and to what she was later to describe as “a dislike and distrust of England”.” Lady Gregory took her motto from Aristotle: “To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people.” Here are some examples of her quality thought: “I’ll take no...
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Doris Eaton Travis made her Broadway debut at the age of 13 and one year later was the youngest ever cast member of the Ziegfeld follies. After her career in stage and screen ended, she was a dance instructor with Arthur Murray Dance Studios for three decades, rising through the ranks to own & manage nearly twenty dance schools. Travis retired from the dance studio business in 1968. She moved with her husband moved to Norman, Oklahoma, and established a ranch. Initially on 220 acres , which grew to 880 acres. Many of the quarter-horses bred and raised there were...
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On May 10, 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first female candidate for US President. (Since she was just under 34 years old at the time, she was ineligible to take the office.) She was a libertarian when it came to sexual morality: "I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please." She was steadfastly opposed to abortion, saying " I hold abortion to be just as much murder as the killing...
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Oscar winning star Joan Crawford died on this date in 1977. She made a name for herself as a flapper in the 1920's, then starred in the '30's, during The Great Depression, in rags-to-riches stories of hard working young women finding love. "Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?" - Joan Crawford No need to say more.
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Actress Anne Baxter, born on the 7th May, 1923, was the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, who was recognised as the greatest architect of all time. He designed doll houses for her in her childhood. Anne Baxter was unique in playing two different villains in the Batman television series. Politically, she was a Republican campaigning for Dewey and Ike for president. “Acting is not what I do. It’s what I am. It’s my permanent built-in cathedral.” said the great architect’s granddaughter. God Bless Family, so often the foundation of success.
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Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom forty-four years ago today on May 4, 1979. She fully understood how freedom is at the core of the many factors we must consider in protecting national strength. Her words prove it: "I love argument. I love debate. " “……… no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.” ” …….. we must build a society in which we encourage rather than restrict the variety and richness of...
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Marlene Dietrich passed away on the 6th of May, 1992, after a life of glamour as a sex symbol and one long marriage. She knew how things work between men and women. Her words prove it: “Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.“ “Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.” “To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you...
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Audrey Hepburn was born on the 4th of May, 1929, the daughter of a baron and baroness. She was Belgian royalty who became Hollywood’s equivalent: a much loved movie star, one of Bogie’s many great babes. She was nominated for 6 Oscars and won two. Her other major awards were: 3 BAFTA's, 1 Emmy, 2 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy, 1 Screen Actors Guild Award and 2 Tony's. That's modern royalty. Not inherited, but earned by hard work and intelligence, proved by her Hank Williams-like human-centered mastery of the English language in statements such as: “I was born with an enormous...
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Actress and novelist Mary Astor was born on May 3rd, 1906. In making the 1941 movie “The Great Lie”, Bette Davis insisted that a difficult to cast role be given to Astor because Davis liked to work with good actresses who would bring out the best in her. Astor understood this type of risk taking, as opposed to dull self-protective caution, later writing: “Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.” Astor won the movie's only award, the supporting actress Oscar for her portrayal of pianist Sandra Kovak. In her acceptance speech, Astor thanked Bette Davis...
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"You can't test courage cautiously." wrote Annie Dillard, born in Pittsburg on April 30, 1945. She understood both the complexities and straightforwardness of robust life. She also wrote: "There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind."
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