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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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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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"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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Lita Grey would have turned 115 years old today. If she had lived long enough. She didn't. But she survived marriage to Charlie Chaplin. Read what this babe said about his sense of humour here ........
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Who can make sense of Greta Garbo? She was born Swedish and became a movie star at home before she also found cinematic glory in America? But did she become truly American?
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Claire Windsor was born in Phillips County, Kansas, to Scandinavian parents on April 14, 1892 .......... She was married twice and well known for her love affairs ........... “Love” she said, “shouldn’t be about rules ......... When you meet that person, everything will be calm .......
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Annie Jump Cannon died on this date in 1941. She had co-created the Harvard Classification Scheme for organising our understanding of stars. ................ She believed that her work brought us closer to God.
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In three decades as a midwife,I never tired of the beauty of mums. "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Just look. In wonder.
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The second of April is Camille Paglia's birthday.. She saw a womanliness in Liz Taylor that's not seen now. Happy Birthday ........
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Today is the Ides Of March. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day in 44 BC. In 1950 Charlton Heston gave a brilliant performance as Marc Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. If Brutus was an honourable man, then so is Joe Biden in his ice cream dreams. Some poeticised thoughts from Heston on freedom follow .....
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The Right Reverend David Farrer and Dixieland multi-instrumentalist Emzak combine for a poetic micro-movie at historic building Ercildoune in Footscray, Australia, wondering what is going wrong and what is going right in the process of learning from the past?
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