Animal Noble
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Edmund Burke *I.1.1729 — The Life You Give
Edmund Burke, born January 1, [Old Style], 1729, in Dublin, Ireland, was statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker prominent in public life from 1765 to about 1795 and important in the history of political theory. He championed conservatism in opposition to Jacobinism in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Early life Burke, the son…
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Cause for celebration
It is said that each day, every single one of those which any given individual may call for a gesture or merely the thought of appreciation. I like it more demonstrative. I call for celebration.Every single day which any individual may see in its beginning and it becoming the past, is to suffice for a…
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Nelson Mandela *VII 18 1918 — The Life You Give
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Hendry Mphakanyiswa of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand where he studied law. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against…
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On June 12 1964, eight defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment — one of them being Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial I am the First Accused. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and practised as an attorney in Johannesburg for a number of years in partnership with Oliver Tambo. I am a convicted prisoner serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to…
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10,001 posterior questions (excerpt)
Does nature know what is ornamental?
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10,001 posterior questions (excerpt)
How does paradise manage waste? Can a paradise allow waste?
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Aretha Franklin *March 25 1942 — The Life You Give
Aretha Franklin, born Aretha Louise Franklin, on March 25 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., is the singer who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s. Franklin’s mother, Barbara, was a gospel singer and pianist. Her father, C.L. Franklin, presided over the New Bethel Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan, and was a minister…
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to suffer
being content is a challenge being happy worriless with an impression of self-sufficiency in success – it is a challenge it is a privilege to suffer if cognizant that suffering in fact is inspiration in need of expression – in a worrisome moment December 2024
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[with naked eyes], [with my own eyes]
More than words, more than wordings, more than phrases, more than languages, I am seduced, and enriched by the expression of finely detailed thinking and observation. Whether through the realm of the poetic, of the humorous, the transcendental, the edifying, the challenging and daring, expressions born out of the depth of an individual inner world…
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On 12 June 1964, eight defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment — one of them being Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial I am the First Accused. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and practised as an attorney in Johannesburg for a number of years in partnership with Oliver Tambo. I am a convicted prisoner serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to…
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Possible physiology of not breaking fast
Before day one, the rush of all becomes a perpetual surrounding. What happens when the rushing stops? From day one onward, there has been the physical and mental state of intaking nourishments. It seems to be an existential need. Seems unavoidable.Then there is an apparently seldom visible space between automatism and obsession, between invested joy…
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Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin *IV 1 1755 / The Life You Give
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, born Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, on April 1, 1755, in Belley, France, was lawyer, politician, judge, violinist, and author of a celebrated work on gastronomy, Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste). Brillat-Savarin followed the family profession of law. A deputy of the Third Estate at the Estates-General of 1789, he was forced to flee…
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