December 2010
Benjamin Franklin: Firm believer in the power of...
Did you know that Franklin was so sure that fresh air was important for good health that he took a daily “air bath”? He wrote to the French physician, Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, describing it thus: “I rise early almost every morning and sit in my chamber, without any clothes whatever, half an hour or an hour, according to the season, either reading or writing.”
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Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell- You’re all I...
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Hank Mobley- this I dig of you
It is wonderfully...
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around one, but from being unable...”
– Carl Jung
“A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race...”
– John Holmes
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Frank Turner- The district sleeps alone tonight
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“Light itself was your first love: you loved paint only as a means of telling...”
– C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
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Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra- Every...
“They know enough who know how to learn.”
– Henry Adams
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“When you discover Dylan, it’s like opening pandora’s box…”
– Cate Blanchett
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Gene Pitney- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance