Quote from Nadine Gordimer

The primacy of the word,basis of the human psyche,that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp,disgraced by Goebbels and debased by advertising copy,remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.-Nadine Gordimer,THE UNKILLABLE WORD.

Quote from Romeo Dallaire

Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being.-Romeo Dallaire

Quote from Paul Farmer

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.-Paul Farmer

Quote from Richard J.Needham

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.-Richard J.Needham,columnist for THE GLOBE AND MAIL.

A couple of good websites

1 www.lawyerswithdrepression.com
2 www.findingoptimism.com

Quote from Gloria Steinem

The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles.-Gloria Steinem

Quote from Regina Brett

Life isn't tied with a bow,but it's still a gift.-Regina Brett,CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER.

Quote from Hunter S.Thompson

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.-Hunter S.Thompson

Quote from Regina Brett

Be eccentric now.Don't wait for old age to wear purple.-Regina Brett

Quote on bookstores

A bookstore is a treasure chest.Every time you walk in one,you strike gold.-Regina Brett

Quote from Regina Brett

It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.-Regina Brett

Quote from Regina Brett

Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.-Regina Brett

Olive oil brand you consumed in June 2016

In June 2016,you bought and finished consuming a 1 Litre glass bottle of AURUM extra-virgin olive oil.(Premium Quality)-First Cold Press-Packed in Italy.(European Union Olives)
                                      This olive oil was quite good.

Skip-generation families

The portrait of the North American family is changing dramatically,and skip-generation families are becoming increasingly common.A skip-generation family is a family where grandparents end up as the parents rather than the biological mother or father.
                                     Recent research published by the Pew Research Center informs us that close to one in 10 children in North America in 2015 find themselves being raised by  grandparents.
                                Famouspeople who were raised by grandparents include Barack Obama,Bill Clinton,Oprah Winfrey,Carol Burnett,Willie Nelson,Jack Nicholson and Maya Angelou.

Quote from G.K.Chesterton

All slang is metaphor,and all metaphor is poetry.-G.K.Chesterton,THE DEFENDANT.

Ruralpolitan

Ruralpolitan-An urban dweller who moves to a rural area.

Mongo

Mongo-Objects retrieved from the garbage

217th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Gigi L'Amoroso(French version)-Dalida
2.L'Ombre D'Un Amour-Joe Dassin
3.Dis-Lui-Roch Voisine
4.Laisse-la Rêver-Roch Voisine
5.My Lady Moi Segreto-Roch Voisine
6.Après(1980)-Franck Olivier.(This song is a French version of the song 'MY PRAYER' by The Platters')
7.Amoureux De Vous Madame-Franck Olivier
8.Jolie Louise-Daniel Lanois
9.Le Cœur D'Une Femme-Chris De Burgh
10.Qui Fait Pleurer Des Fontaines-Franck Olivier

Quote from Regina Brett

If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.-Regina Brett

Quote from F.Scott Fitzgerald

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.-F.Scott Fitzgerald

Another quote from Regina Brett

Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.-Regina Brett

Quote from Regina Brett

When it comes to chocolate,resistance is futile.-Regina Brett(born 1956),journalist.

Quote from Peter Drucker

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.-Peter Drucker

Another quote from Jerry Seinfeld

Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do,you're on the road to death.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

You have to motivate yourself with challenges.That's how you know you're still alive.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Laura Linney

Doing the right thing has power.-Laura Linney

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

You'll fold faster than Superman on laundry day.-Jerry Seinfeld

Another quote from Jerry Seinfeld

Festivus for the Restivus.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

To me,if life boils down to one thing,it's movement.To live is to keep moving.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote on tabloids

People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Rumi

Even when tied in a thousand knots,the string is still but one.-Rumi

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

Keep your head up in failure,and your head down in success.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote from Jennifer Weiner

Long as people can still surprise you,it means you're not dead.-Jennifer Weiner,SWIM.

Quote from William Makepeeace Thackeray

Who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?-William Makepeace Thackeray

Quote from Mario Andretti

If you feel like you're under control,you're just not going fast enough.-Mario Andretti

Quote from Jennifer Weiner

Born on third base and think they hit a triple.-Jennifer Weiner,WHO DO YOU LOVE.

Quote from W.H.Auden

Literary confessors are contemptible,like beggars who exhibit their sores for money,but not so contemptible as the public that buys thieir books.-W.H.Auden,THE DYER'S HAND.

Quote from Samuel Butler

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.-Samuel Butler

Quote from Bernard Meltzer

We may give without loving,but we cannot love without giving.-Bernard Meltzer

Quote from Richard Dawkins

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism,because we are born selfish.-Richard Dawkins

Quote from John W.Gardner

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.-John W.Gardner

Quote on science

Science replaces private prejudice with public,verifiable evidence.-Richard Dawkins

Quote from Richard Dawkins

Mutation is random;natural selection is the very opposite of random.-Richard Dawkins,THE BLIND WATCHMAKER(1996),page 41.

Quote from Thomas Keller

A recipe has no soul.You,as the cook,must bring soul to the recipe.-Thomas Keller

Quote on natural selection

Natural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations.-Richard Dawkins(born 1941).

Quote from W.H.Auden

As a poet there is only one political duty,and that is to defend one's language against corruption.When it is corrupted,people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence.-W.H.Auden,quoted in THE OBSERVER.

Quote from Hunter S.Thompson

Some people will tell you that slow is good-and it may be,on some days-but I am here to tell you that fast is better.Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube.-Hunter S.Thompson

Quote from John W.Gardner

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.-John W.Gardner

Quote from Henry Ford

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.-Henry Ford

Quote on political extremism

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients:an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills,and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.-John W.Gardner

Quote from John W.Gardner

The world loves talent but pays off on character.-John W.Gardner

Quote on self-pity

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics;it is addictive,gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.-John Gardner

Quote from Hosea Ballou

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character,and engenders only contempt.-Hosea Ballou

Quote from John Gardner

Our noblest hopes grow teeth and pursue us like tigers.-John Gardner,IN THE SUICIDE MOUNTAINS.

Quote from Noam Chomsky

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power,and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Benjamin Franklin

A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.-Benjamin Franklin

Quote from Max Lucado

In a world of upward mobility,choose downward servility.-Max Lucado

Quote from Christopher Hitchens

Religion fosters servility and solipsism.-Christopher Hitchens

Great quote on servility

Servility always curdles into rage in the end.-Tina Brown

Quote from Christopher Lasch

The capacity for loyalty is stretched too thin when it tries to attach itself to the hypothetical solidarity of the human race.-Christopher Lasch

216th list of 10 French songs you like

1.L'Amour Va L'Amour Vient-Chantal Pary
2.À La Fin De La Soirée-Michèle Richard
3.La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser(1964)-Michèle Richard
4.Les Boites à gogo-Michele Richard
5.Oiseau De Feu-Michèle Richard.(This song is a French version of the Simon and Garfunkel hit song 'EL CONDOR PASA')
6.J'Aime Vivre-Michèle Richard
7.J'Entends Son Violon-Michèle Richard
8.Mes Amis D'Autrefois-Chantal Pary.(This song is a French version of the Floyd Kramer 1960 song 'LAST DATE')
9.À Fleur De Peau-France D'Amour
10.Six Roses-Annie Cordy

Provocative quote on the Nuremberg laws

If the Nuremberg laws were applied,then every post-war American president would have been hanged.-Noam Chomsky

Insightful quote from Noam Chomsky

The more you increase fears of drugs,crime,welfare mothers,immigrants and aliens,the more you control all of the people.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Noam Chomsky

See ,people with power understand exactly one thing:violence.-Noam Chomsky

215th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Là bas dans l'ombre-Roch Voisine
2.Quand On Attend L'Amour-Rita Tabbakh et Philippe Berghella
3.Hello Le Soleil Brille-Annie Cordy
4.Senorita Raspa-Annie Cordy
5.Je Voudrais Voir New York-Daniel Lavoie
6.Emmanuella-Chantal Pary
7.Vivre Auprès De Toi-Chantal Pary(This song is a French version of the song 'WONDERLAND BY NIGHT')
8.Il Faudrait Se Parler-Chantal Pary
9.Six Roses-Annie Cordy
10.Oui C'est Vrai(1964)-Claudette et Sylvie

Great quote from Dr.Kimberly Muhammad-Earl

Trying to teach children without involving parents is like raking leaves in high wind.-Dr.Kimberly Muhammad-Earl

Insightful quote on John Gardner

Much education today is monumentally ineffective.All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.-John W.Gardner

Quote from Christopher Lasch

We demand too much of life,too little of ourselves.-Christopher Laasch,THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM:AMERICAN LIFE IN AN AGE OF DIMINISHING EXPECTATIONS.

Quote on the family

The family is a haven in a heartless world.-Christopher Lasch

Quote from Lionel Trilling

This is the great  vice of academicism,that it is concerned with ideas rather than with thinking.-Lionel Trilling

Haycation

Haycation-A vacation on a farm.

Quote from Hubert Humphrey

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence.Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.-Hubert H.Humphrey(1911-1978)

Quote from Roy Adzak

Good art is not what it looks like,but what it does to us.-Roy Adzak

Quote from Henry David Thoreau

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.-Henry David Thoreau

Quote from Margaret Cho

When people think the world of you,be careful with them.-Margaret Cho

Great quote on nationalism

Nationalism is our form of incest,is our idolatry,is our insanity.'Patriotism' is its cult---Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love,love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love,but idolatrous worship.-Erich Fromm

Quote from Neil de Grasse Tyson

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say,then you need a better argument.-Neil de Grasse Tyson

Quote from Jim Hightower

The opposite for courage is not cowardice,it is conformity.Even a dead fish can go with the flow.-Jim Hightower

Quote from Diogenes

Blushing is the color of virtue.-Diogenes

Quote from Margaret Cho

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humour.-Margaret Cho

Quote from Persius

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.-Persius

Quote from Margaret Cho

I love drugs,but I hate hangovers,and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time.-Margaret Cho(born 1968)

Quote from George Harrison

As long as you hate,there will be people to hate.-George Harrison

Quote from Noam Chomsky

You never need an argument against the use of violence,you need an argument for it.-Noam Chomsky

Interesting quote on happiness

Happiness is like mercury.Hard to hold,and when we drop it,it shatters into a million pieces.Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.-Mary Higgins Clark(born 1927)

Quote from Mary Higgins Clark

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.-Mary Higgins Clark,THE CINDERELLA MURDER.