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I can’t quite believe it is the last day of July, it really has flown by.
I have chosen a musical based quote for this week, which I think is perfect. The quote is by English composer Frederick Delius.
Frederick Delius
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I hope everyone is enjoying the hot weather.
This weeks quote is by Eugene Lee-Hamilton from Sonnets of the Wingless Hours.
Eugene Lee-Hamilton.
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This Saturday is the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing, so I thought a suitable quote was required for this week. You can probably work out what the quote is.
This quote is by the first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon 50 years ago on the 20th July 1969. However, I do think we should mention poor Michael Collins who had to stay in the command module and so did not get the opportunity to walk on the moon. I always feel sorry for the poor guys who had to stay in the command module. I would love to know how they choose the people to stay in the command module, do you think they draw straws?
Neil Armstrong (1969)
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Todays quote is a musical one because this week I have lots of students taking music exams and I hope they treat the performance element of their exams as a concert.
The quote is by Nigel Kennedy. Kennedy is an English violinist and violist who specialises in classical music but has recently been playing Jazz.
Nigel Kennedy (b. 1956)
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Hello everyone!
This month I celebrate my second wedding anniversary with my wonderful husband, so I have chosen a quote from the Song of Solomon because we had a reading from the Song of Solomon for our wedding.
The Song of Solomon is unique in the Bible as it does not talk about God, the law of God or the covenant of God instead it talks about the love between two people.
Song of Solomon
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We are half way through the week! Sadly I have barely read a page so far, work and tiredness have taken their toll on the reading front.
The quote I have chosen today is by one of my all time favourite authors, J. R. R. Tolkien. He wrote the book I have read the most The Lord of the Rings.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
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I hope you are all having a good week so far. This week I have been working a lot on exam prep with my students and as you can imagine they are starting to get a little bit nervous, so I have chosen a quote relating to nerves.
Jo Brand (b. 1957)
Hopefully my exam students get the right balance.
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Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone is having a good week so far and if you are not I hope your week will start to get better.
My chosen quote this week is by the climber Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest. What made Hillary different from other climbers was that instead of focusing on the physical needs of the climb he focused on the mindset needed to achieve the summit.
Edmund Hillary
Toodles for now.
We are half way through the week so that must mean it is quote time.
This weeks quote is by Franz Kafka. Kafka was a Czech author, most of his work was published after his death. Kafka instructed his friend Max Brod to burn all his work once he died, however Brod ignored these instructions and instead got Kafka’s work published.
Franz Kafka
(Letter to Oskar Pollak 1904)
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This weeks quote is attributed to one of my favourite composers Claude Debussy.
Debussy was a child prodigy, and his talent as a pianist meant that he won a place at the Paris Conservatoire at only ten years old. Early on he started to develop his own style and characteristic composing style. He studied for eleven years at the Conservatoire but for the rest of his life he pioneered groundbreaking methods of composition and was never afraid to break a few rules.
attributed: Claude Debussy
Circa. 1910
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