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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Book

Thanks to Jim Feeney for forwarding this. I love it, and I've often thought many of the same things.

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Ole Phat Stu7:16 AM
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naomi dagen bloom11:52 PM
I loved this! Passing along to 11 year old grandson studying Spanish. Thanks!
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naomi dagen bloom12:00 AM
Second try because this is such an excellent post that I found delightful. Going to send along to 11 year old grandson now learning Spanish, thanks.
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"We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems."--Margaret Mead

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." -- Steve Epley, my former boss in N. Liberty, IA

"I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something I can do." -- Helen Keller

"I now declare myself officially an ELDER. Do not fuck with me. Thank you." -- Sarah Schulman

"Do not fear disapproval. Do not fear criticism. Do not fear judgment. The only energy that has any power in your life is the gift of breath from God. " -- Iyanla Vanzant

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.” -- Anne Lamott

"Now is now." -- Gretchen Rubin

"Don’t make stuff because you want to make money – it will never make you enough money. And don’t make stuff because you want to get famous – because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people." -- John Green

"A good life is still a life. It must involve a full share of suffering, loneliness, disappointment and coming to terms with one’s own mortality and the deaths of those one loves. To live a life that is good as a life involves all this." -- John Armstrong

"I have not met anyone worth a damn who is not irascible."-- Ezra Pound

"It's the writing, not the being read, that excites me. Joy is in the doing."-- Virginia Woolf

"There is a vitality, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost." -- Martha Graham

"Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open." -- Native American prayer

"Just keep swimming...Just keep swimming" -- Dori from "Finding Nemo"

Movie Reviews - My Opinion Only. Plus Bumper Stickers Seen Recently

April 2013: "Admission." Good Tina Fay, Good Paul Rudd, Good Wallace Shawn, Terrific Lily Tomlin, kind of confused story line. Nice to know more about the few autodidacts who made a big impact (Leonardo da Vinci (or was it Michaelangelo?), Ben Franklin. Laughed out loud at times. Enjoyable, and I appreciate any movie that has really good female roles. Just hate the 45 minutes of violent, loud, stupid commercials & trailers beforehand, though. When did this start? So freaking sick of fire-breathing dinosaurs, flying alien monsters, explosions.

March 2013: "Argo" eff yourself. Smoking/boozing/lying. Mild suspense, mostly involving checking of passports. Deus ex machina--jerk turns out to speak fluent Arabic.

January 2013:

"The Impossible": Wow. One of my friends said she never wants to go to a beach on vacation again.

"Amour": Incredible acting, very moving.

"This Is 40": Disgusting but it grows on you. Many hilarious moments, especially in the closing credits!

"The Life of Pi": Fascinating, but lose the funny glasses!

"Hyde Park on Hudson": Boring, but liked Bill Murray and the King! Also, Eleanor deserved a better part in the script.

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