QOTD April 12 2015
Sunday, April 12th, 2015Alice Childress: “A gift – be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love – explains itself!… and if receivin’ it embarrasses you, it’s because your ‘thanks box’ is warped.”
Alice Childress: “A gift – be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love – explains itself!… and if receivin’ it embarrasses you, it’s because your ‘thanks box’ is warped.”
Mortimer Adler: “You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.”
Og Mandino: “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”
Henry Ford: “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata: “The shortest route to getting things done is just do it.”
Oprah Winfrey: “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”
Brian Buckner: “There comes a point in life when you realize everything you know about yourself, it’s all just conditioning. It’s the rare man who truly know who he is.”
Sylvia Ashton-Warner: “Truth has beauty, power and necessity.”
Brendan Francis: “If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.”
William Arthur Wood: “Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.”
Wow, I just realized that I haven’t put up a Song of the Day for aaaaages (December 13 2014 was the last one?!), so it’s about time! 🙂
To compensate for the lack of tunes these past months, you will find a rather different Song of the Day today; there are actually 14 songs (!) performed in a fabulous setting (uhhh, oh yeahhh LoL 🙂 ). Njoy the girls from SketchShe (oof…well done! 🙂 ) going wild on these 14 songs (‘Mime through Time’):
1. The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
2. Elvis Presley – Hound dog
3. The Beatles – Help!
4. Queen – We Will Rock You
5. Michael Jackson – Beat it
6. Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
7. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg – Next Episode
9. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
10. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
11. Beyonce – Single Ladies ( Put A Ring On It)
12. Gotye Feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
13. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop
14. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
Robert A. Ward: “I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live… More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile.”
Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”