“Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation.” #CorettaScottKing
"When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said, When there's shelter over the poorest head, We shall be free.
When the last thing we notice is the color of the skin, And the first thing we look for is the beauty within;
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free.
We shall be free, we shall be free.
Stand straight, walk proud,
'Cause we shall be free.
When we're free to love anyone we choose,
When this world's big enough for all different views, When we all can worship from our own kind of pew,
Then we shall be free."
Garth Books
"Woke" since 1992
Charlie Chaplin lived 88 years and left us with four profound statements:
Nothing is forever in this world, not even our problems.
I love walking in the rain because no one can see my tears.
The most lost day in life is the day we don't laugh.
Six best doctors in the world:
The sun
Rest
Exercise
Diet
Self-respect
Friends
84 years ago today, FDR delivered his State Of The Union address where he laid out the four freedoms:
-Freedom of speech & expression
-Freedom of worship
-Freedom from want
-Freedom from fear
We used to aim high
"There are two kinds of people in this world. People who think billionaires are looking out for their best interests. And people who think."
unattributed
“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.”
― Jack Kerouac, Vanity of Duluoz
WOODY SEZ ~ "Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see
This world is such a great and a funny place to be;
Oh, the gamblin' man is rich an' the workin' man is poor,
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore."
Dedication without talent is useless. Understand what I mean?
~ Charles Bukowski
Truer words -
eb
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche
"The cultural era of Europe, and that includes America, is finished. The next era belongs to the technician; the day of the mind machine is dawning. God pity us!"
~ Henry Miller
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." --Will Rogers
Keep my anger from becoming meanness.
Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity.
Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking. Keep my anger turned towards justice, not cruelty
Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love.
Keep me fiercely kind.
-- Laura Jean Truman
"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it’s a very poor scheme for survival."
+ [ Kurt Vonnegut ]
This has been a common theme in nearly all of my later writing. - eb
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
-Dr. Angela Davis
Happy Birthday to a great one.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
--George Orwell, 1984
Elon Musk "allegedly" gave a sieg heil salute.
Donald Trump represents a failure of character, which is changing, I think, in many respects, the psyche of our nation and the heart of our nation, and that's one thing that takes a long time, if ever, to repair.
-- Mitt Romney
He who gives to the poor lends to the Lord.
Something today's "Christians" need to take on board.
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
Spike Milligan.
