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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
Plato
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
Dalai Lama XIV
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Quotations on Justice
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
Elie Wiesel
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Quotations on Education
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“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
Walter Cronkite
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”
Victor Hugo
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai
Liebster Award!
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Thank you very much to Angie Dokos for nominating me for the Liebster Award! It is always an honor to be recognized by other bloggers, so I am happy and humbled. Please visit Angie Dokos at https://angiedokos.wordpress.com and you will find a lively, intelligent, and entertaining blog.
The Rules:
- Say thank you to the person who nominated you for the award.
- Answer the 11 questions you have been asked.
- Nominate and notify 11 bloggers for the award.
- Ask those you have nominated 11 questions.
The Questions:
1. Why did you choose book blogging over something else?
Actually, I blog about books, writing, film, tv, quotations, and anything else that comes to mind!
2. What is one thing you’re really passionate about beside books?
I love to learn about the world, in a myriad of aspects. This includes philosophy, art, physics (although I do not have great math skills), and many other areas of exploration.
3. Have your reading tastes changed over the years?
Not counting being very young, I have always loved reading a wide variety of kinds of books.
4. What is your favorite vacation spot?
Either going to a lake or for a vacation of the future–going to Italy!
5. Do you collect anything (other than books)?
I have a collection of odd knick-knacks related to books, superheroes, and fishing.
6. What has been your favorite book so far this year?
I reread The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and it remains one of my favorite books!
7. What is one law you would change if you could?
I would have all states have immediate voter registration as people turn 18. Voting should be inclusive not exclusive.
8. If you had to donate money to a charity, which one would you choose?
To Teddy Atlas’ foundation — The Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation — which serves the needy in New York. It is not well known, but he does extraordinary work with this charity.
9. What is your favorite genre to read?
This is difficult, since I love so many, but if I had to choose, it would be Gothic.
10. What is your dream car?
A reconditioned 1967 Volkswagon Beetle!
11. What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
I finally finished my Ph.D. in English Literature several years ago.
My nominees:
K. D. Dowdall https://karendowdall.com/
Sarah Higbee https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/
Chape https://chapeblog.com/
Shehanne Moore https://shehannemoore.wordpress.com/
Yinglan https://yzhengblog.wordpress.com
David Prosser https://barsetshirediaries.wordpress.com
Jeanne https://seasonsapoeticjourney.com/
Annette Rochelle Aben https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/
Esther https://femiiesther.wordpress.com
pjlazos https://greenlifebluewater.wordpress.com/eco/
KSBeth https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/
The Questions:
1.) What is your favorite, or one of your favorite, movies?
2.) What is your favorite breakfast?
3.) What was the last live performance of a play that you attended?
4.) Are you a day or night person?
5.) Are you writing something now? If so, what are you writing?
6.) What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
7.) Is there a book that you reread?
8.) Where would you like to visit that you have not yet gone to?
9.) Do you have a historical time period with which you are fascinated?
10.) What is your favorite season of the year?
11.) Do you prefer coffee or tea?
Again, I thank Angie Dokos for nominating me for the Liebster Award.
Quotations on Patriotism
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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
John. F. Kennedy
Quotations on Perseverance
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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Quotations on Inspiration
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Albert Einstein
