Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday –

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Chile, Literature, Nobel Prize, Pablo Neruda, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Wednesday, wisdom

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

Pablo Neruda

A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn’t play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.

Pablo Neruda

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

Pablo Neruda

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

Pablo Neruda

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

Pablo Neruda

If you guessed that Pablo Neruda was a poet, you’d be right. In fact, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Check out is Wikipedia page to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda

Happy Wednesday folks! The weekend is almost here. Have a terrific day!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Jamie Farr

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5 Quotes, Actor, Arab Heritage Month, Jamie Farr, Klinger, M.A.S.H., wisdom, Wisdom Wednesday

The dresses I wore are in the Smithsonian now.

Jamie Farr

I would like to do a nice comedy/drama feature with a good part, but nobody’s asked me to do a film. Maybe it’s because they don’t know what to do with a guy in a dress.

Jamie Farr

Before ‘M*A*SH*,’ people in the industry didn’t know what to do with this guy with the big nose.

Jamie Farr

It’s amazing how people will treat you better when you’re ‘somebody.’ The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

Jamie Farr

You can’t explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It’s just something that you treasure.

Jamie Farr

For those of you who are old enough, “Klinger” was a great character in the M.A.S.H. series. I used to watch this show with my dad when I was growing up. Here’s Jamie’s Wikipedia page, if you’d like to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Farr

I hope you are having a great Wednesday!

Until next time…

Dave

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I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

Sam Esmail

It’s not necessarily bad that you have angst or you have anger – it’s what you do with it, how you interpret it into something profoundly moving.

Sam Esmail

The one thing that I know from the personal experiences that I’ve had with hackers and from people in tech who are brilliant at this thing, is there’s a lot of angst.

Sam Esmail

I did not love going out to parties or even get-togethers, really – I went to the movies, which, if you think about it, is an isolating experience anyway – and this was because I had anxiety about interacting with people.

Sam Esmail

I used to want to be a critic. I think it’s an awesome job. You get to watch all this stuff and then write about it and analyze it and give insight into it. That’s an amazing job. I was terrible at it, though.

Sam Esmail

To me Sam’s most notable work is Mr. Robot. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch. Here’s his Wikipedia link to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Esmail

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Ralph Nader

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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

Ralph Nader

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Ralph Nader

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That’s the only difference.

Ralph Nader

When strangers start acting like neighbors… communities are reinvigorated.

Ralph Nader

This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is my second choice for prominent Arab Americans this month. Here’s his Wikipedia page if you’d like to learn about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Elias James Corey

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Arab American Heritage Month, Chemistry, Elias James Corey, Nobel Prize, Professor, Wednesday, wisdom

To a synthetic chemist, the complex molecules of nature are as beautiful as any of her other creations. The perception of that beauty depends on the understanding of chemical structures and their transformations, and, as with a treasured work of art, deepens as the subject is studied, perhaps even to a level approaching romance.

Elias James Corey

My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities.

Elias James Corey

To the field of synthetic chemistry belongs an array of responsibilities which are crucial for the future of mankind, not only with regard to the health and needs of our society, but also for the attainment of a deep understanding of matter, chemical change, and life.

Elias James Corey

I only found these three quotes by this Nobel Laureate. Here’s his Wikipedia link, if you’d like to learn more about this chemist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_James_Corey

Since this is Arab American Heritage Month, this is the first of many I’ll be posting about.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Jane Austen

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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Jane Austen

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Jane Austen

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Jane Austen

Jane is the first woman I wanted to highlight this month for Women’s History Month. Here’s a link to her Wikipedia page, if you’d like to learn more about her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Harriet Tubman

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5 Quotes, Abolitionist, Black History Month, Harriet Tubman, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Wednesday, wisdom, Women's Rights

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

Harriet Tubman

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Harriet Tubman

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

Harriet Tubman

I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

Harriet Tubman

I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.

Harriet Tubman

For those of you who are interested, here’s a wikipedia link on Harriet Tubman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman Another great profile during Black History Month.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Malcolm X

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There is no better teacher than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Malcolm X

Stumbling is not falling.

Malcolm X

My Alma mater was books, a good library… I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Malcolm X

The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

Malcolm X

If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.

Malcolm X

If you’d like to learn more about Malcolm X, here’s his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

I hope you are all having a great week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Eve Arnold

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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

Eve Arnold

You should never reveal your true age.

Eve Arnold

Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.

Eve Arnold

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

Eve Arnold

I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.

Eve Arnold

If you’d like to read more about this fascinating woman, here is her Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Arnold

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Ernest Hemingway

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Author, Ernest Hemingway, Noble Prize, Soldier, War correspondent, Wednesday, wisdom, Writer

All quotes from BrainyQuote.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Ernest Hemingway

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Ernest Hemingway

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Ernest Hemingway

When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you… Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you.

Ernest Hemingway

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Ernest Hemingway

For more about this adventurous character, here is his link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

Until next time…

Dave