Personalities
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Madiba on Language
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela — born on a day like today, July 18 1918
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Some Madiba Words
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela, born on July…
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In her no longer singing words
I miss singing every day. I can’t sing anymore. My voice doesn’t work. I have Parkinson’s disease, and it sometimes takes my words away from me. Linda Ronstadt— born this day in 1946
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“I thought people sing in Spanish and speak in English”
With her Mexican roots, Linda Ronstadt listened to beautiful music at home and on the radio. Today she turns 75. So we are listening to her on Clubhouse… https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebrationss/PbXIV0qw/PYLA0Wed
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Linda Ronstadt — in celebration (1946)
I have been doing rooms on Clubhouse where I dedicate a couple of hours to individuals and events which I find inspirational or important in our history. But there is a very special joy in being able to celebrate a person in life, not postmortem. It will be, therefore, a special joy to celebrate Linda…
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Happy Birthday, Carl Orff! (1895)
In his honor, feel free to join us on Clubhouse, Saturday, July 10, at 1pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mJoL6dnd
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Gracias a la Negra!
Dear Mercedes Sosa, Today we listened to your voice, energy, and soul, in celebration of what you gave us for decades.Thank you! Happy Birthday, Negra!July 9 1935 – October 4 2009
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Happy Birthday, Gustav Mahler — 1860
Join us, listening to his symphonies, on Clubhouse, today at 1pm EST. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/QVwPQsCz/MOv3gaoE
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The 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Marc Chagall (1887), and Frida Kahlo (1907) where all born on days like today.
You are welcome to celebrate, as I focus on Frida Kahlo, by sharing the voice of Mexican singers. https://www.clubhouse.com/room/MwW9X8KW
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The Frida Celebration Continues — 4 hours and going…
https://www.clubhouse.com/room/MwW9X8KW
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Mexicans tenors to celebrate Frida Kahlo — July 6 1907
Because Frida Kahlo loved music, I will be sharing some music, interpreted by some of the important Mexican tenors that have been on the best opera stages for the last couple of decades. Today, July 6, at 1pm est https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/izTVhfWN/PYQLgGwz
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Frida, in words
“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” “They are so damn ‘intellectual’ and rotten that I can’t stand them anymore….I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those ‘artistic’ bitches of Paris.” “I wish I could do whatever…
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Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo!
Celebrate with us the life of who remains a popular and impressive figure, appreciated for her presence, as woman, as artist, even today — seven decades after her death. The painter Frida Kahlo was born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, on July 6 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico. Join us in celebration of her wonderful…
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