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"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."

 

 - Buddha

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"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."

 

- Zora Neale Hurston

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"Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze."

 

 - Barbara Sher

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"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

 

 - James Whistler

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"Good words are worth much, and cost little." 

 

- George Herbert

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"Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue."

 

~ Honore de Balzac

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"Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all."

 

Soren Kierkegaard

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"April is a promise that May is bound to keep."

- Hal Borland

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Today is Earth Day!

Earth Day has been celebrated annually on April 22nd since 1970.

Read more about it here and here.

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“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

― Yoko Ono

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"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”

― Gabriel Garcí­a Marquez

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"Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness!"

 

 - Thomas Blackburn

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On This Day:

On this day in 1977, Alex Haley, the author of Roots was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

You can read more about him here.

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

― L.M. Montgomery

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On This Day:

The American composer, conductor, and arranger Henry Mancini  (Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on this day in 1924. His best known works were the themes for The Pink Panther films and the television series Peter Gunn.

You can read more about Henry Mancini here.

Also have a listen to both of his well-known themes here and here.

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"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

 

~ William Shakespeare

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On This Day:

On this day in 1950, the first edition of British comic Eagle was published.

Read about the history of the comic here.

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On This Day:

On this day in 1958, Van Cliburn became the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competion in Moscow.

You can read more about Cliburn and the competition here and see a video here.

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"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”

― Victor Hugo