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My chosen quote for today is by the American progressive activist and writer Marge Piercy (1936).
“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.”
Marge Piercy
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Happy Burns Night!
Is anybody celebrating Burns Night tonight? I have celebrated by playing some Scottish music and eating some shortbread.
My chosen quote for today is obviously one by Robert Burns.
“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”
Robert Burns
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My chosen quote for this week is by the American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (1884-1970), otherwise known as Billie Burke. She was best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).
“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.”
Billie Burke
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My chosen quote this week is by Hilary Clinton (1947). Clinton is an American politician, diplomat and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States secretary of state under president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States as the wife of president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep faith. And, when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.”
Hilary Clinton
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It is time for another Mid Week Quote and this is the first one for 2023.
“Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.”
Glennon Doyle
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Happy Wednesday!
It is time for another Christmas themed quote.
My chosen quote this week is by the creator of the comic strip Peanuts Charles Schulz (1922-2000).
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
Charles M. Schulz
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I thought I would go for a festive quote this week.
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
Dr Seuss
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My chosen quote this week is by Dame Freya Madeline Stark (1893-1993). Stark was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays.
“I have no reason to go, except that I have never been, and knowledge is better than ignorance. What better reason could there be for travelling.”
Freya Stark
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My chosen quote this week is by Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) who was an acclaimed author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. She was the first female professor at Cornell University and her 900 page work The Handbook of Nature Study is now in its 24th edition.
“I look upon a year lived as a year earned; and each year earned means a greater treasury of experience and power laid up against time of need.”
Anna Botsford Comstock
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My chosen quote today is by the American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States Michelle Obama (1964).
“You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
Michelle Obama
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