Album Anniversary - November 15, 2015

Today is the 45th anniversary of His Band and the Street Choir, the fourth album from Van Morrison.

Video: "Domino"

Today's Words of Wisdom - August 31, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952):

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”

and

“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.”

and

“It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.”

and

“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.”

William Saroyan (1908 – 1981):

“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

and

“It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.”

Daniel Schorr (1916 – 2010):

“I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.”

Eldridge Cleaver (1935 – 1998):

“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”

and

“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.”

Van Morrison (1945 - ):

“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.”

August 31, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily birthday quotations...

Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952):

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”

and

“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.”

and

“It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.”

and

“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.”

William Saroyan (1908 – 1981):

“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

and

“It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.”

Daniel Schorr (1916 – 2010):

“I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.”

Eldridge Cleaver (1935 – 1998):

“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”

and

“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.”

Van Morrison (1945 - ):

“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.”

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