Personalities
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Five Famous Celebrations
Betty Marion White, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois Eartha Kitt (Eartha Mae Keith), 1927 in St, Matthews, South Carolina James Earl Jones, 1931, in Arkabutla, Mississippi Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.), 1942, in Louisville Kentucky Michelle Obama (Michelle LaVaughn Robinson), 1964, in Chicago Illinois
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A celebration ought to be a moment of reflection, in purity, acknowledgement, gratitude.
Betty Marion White was born on this day in 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois. To celebrate this lively lady, no further comment is needed.
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Celebration Day — fourteen / Yukio Mishima
In 1925, on this day, January 14, the novelist Yukio Mishima was born as Kimitake Hiroaka, in Nagazumi-cho 2-chome, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan In 1982, a Cutty Sark ad with a portrait of Philip Glass caught my eye. In his hand he held a bunch of music notes, and in the…
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Jacqueline du Pré
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987, England) Cellist
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Friedrich the Great on Coffee
“It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee consumption. Everybody is using coffee. If possible this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.” Friedrich the Great (1712-1786)
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Naomi Osaka
Interviewer: You had seven matches, seven masks, seven names. What was the message you wanted to send, Naomi?” Naomi: “Well, what was the message that you got? That is more the question. I feel that the point is to make people start talking.” Naomi Osaka, answering a question at the presentation of her 2020 US…
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