“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” A. A. Milne (creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1882-1956) original —–

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My family and I are unbelievably old original —–

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FROM THE PUBLISHER: Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family’s Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter’s abilities.” [...]

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FROM THE PUBLISHER: Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family’s Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter’s abilities.” [...]

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Evelyn was my mother’s mother. These were her parents. Simon was my mothers father. original —–

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Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him…..a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed by halitosis. original —–

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In an Artist’s Studio One face looks out from all his canvases, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans: We found her hidden just behind those screens, That mirror gave back all her loveliness. A queen in opal or in ruby dress, A nameless girl in freshest summer-greens, A saint, an angel—every canvas means [...]

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Garry SheadCarnal Dancers 2001 oil on canvas 122 x 92 cm original —–

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Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for the graphic novel Maus The comic book transfigured, this graphic novel tells the story of Spiegelman’s parents Vladek and Anna, Jews reaching maturity in a Europe on the verge of Nazism, and their terrifying history and eventual survival in the concentration camps. Spiegelman uses the broadest [...]

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“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” Albert Einstein original —–

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Homesickness, 1940 by Rene Magritte original —–

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“Madness is a rare thing in individuals—but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche original —–

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And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man’s belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. Winthrop Mackworth Praed Attribution: Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839), British poet. The Vicar (l. 69-72). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. [...]

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Israel wants peace and is the committed to stopping terrorism in its aim to bring peace and democracy to the Mideast. original —–

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“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” Bernard Meltzer. original —–

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