Winston Churchill Quote – Success
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill
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George Bernard Shaw Quote – Most People Do Not Pray
“Most people do not pray; they only beg.” – George Bernard Shaw
Read moreAlvin Toffler Quote – The Illiterate Of The Future
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” – Alvin Toffler
Read moreMedication In The U.S.
Portion of Americans who are currently taking at least one prescription drug: 1/2 Who are taking five or more: 1/10 Estimated number of U.S. children aged two or three being prescribed ADHD medication: 14,000
Read moreAmy Wigfull – Sleepwalker falls from hotel window
A sleepwalking British woman fell 50 feet from a hotel window, but survived because her sleeping body was relaxed when it hit the ground. Amy Wigfull, 24, was on vacation in Spain when she stumbled into the hotel bathroom and crawled out of a sixth-floor window while still asleep and plummeted to the sidewalk below. Experts say that the only […]
Read moreJohn Dewey Quote – Arriving At One Goal
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” – John Dewey
Read moreCan’t Afford To Post Bail
Some 480,000 suspects are currently locked up in American jails awaiting trial. About 75 percent of them are low-level offenders accused of nonviolent infractions, and are in jail simply because they can’t afford to post bail.
Read moreShort Fiction – The Girl In The Window (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
The Girl In The Window by, Melissa R. Mendelson I first noticed her one night before dark. She hovered in front of the window, staring outward. At first, I thought that she was staring at me, but she wasn’t. It was as if she were looking at something else, but what? We were surrounded by woods. Was it something in […]
Read morePoem – MONUMENTS (By Herb Siegel)
MONUMENTS – By Herb Siegel Generals sit erect while marble horses rear high, fallen comrades lie etched beneath. Presidents in chiseled rocks, bodiless soldiers entombed wrapped daily in a wreath. Obelisks’ soar marking feats of heroism, granite arches harbor battles won and lost. Gravestones hiding dead from vandalism iconic landmarks stand in sun and frost. Yet end comes to […]
Read moreLeonardo da Vinci Quote – Stuck To Its Job
“A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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