INSPIRE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Audrey Hepburn

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

Princess Diana

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Theodore Isaac Rubin

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.

Tommy Lee Jones

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

Barbara De Angelis

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Mark Twain

I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.

Lady Gaga

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Khalil Gibran

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time.

Ron Hall

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1. Did you know an astronaut was allergic to the moon? Seems like someone had a moon allergy problem! During the Apollo 17 mission, astronaut Harrison Schmitt found out that he had a severe reaction to moon dust.

2. Did you know there’s a toilet museum? In New Delhi, the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets features a rare collection that details the historic evolution of toilets from 2500 BC all the way up to the present day.

3. Did you know the official bird of Redondo Beach, California, is the Goodyear Blimp? In 1983, the coastal city made the Goodyear Blimp their official city bird in anticipation of the 1984 summer Olympics.

4. Did you know Viking men wore makeup? It’s no doubt that Vikings were some of the toughest men in history books. However, they cared about their appearance enough that makeup was a part of their everyday routine.

5. Did you know the Eagles’ stadium once had a courtroom? Veterans Stadium, where the Philadelphia Eagles once played, had a stadium courtroom and jail to handle the team’s notoriously rowdy fans. However, one of the judges for said courtroom reported that 95% of the “inmates” were actually not from the city itself!

6. Did you know “Q” is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name? Go through the list of the fifty nifty states and we can guarantee you won’t find any state that has the letter Q in its name!

7. Did you know sharks love the taste of the Internet? If shark attacks give you the heebie-jeebies, you and the people over at Google aren’t alone. In 1987, it was reported by The New York Times that sharks “have shown an inexplicable taste for the fiber-optic cables that are being strung along the ocean floor linking the United States, Europe, and Japan.”

8. Did you know Winston Churchill was hit by a car and nearly killed during a New York visit? Talk about an allAmerican welcome! During a lecture tour in the U.S. in Dec. 1931, Winston Churchill was struck by a car while crossing Fifth Avenue and nearly killed. Fortunately, he survived the accident.

Answers

1. Who most famously released “Lady Sings the Blues” and when?

2. The smash hit song ”I’m Still Standing” was released on which Elton John album?

3. Which song was the first to rank as No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? When was that?

4. In 1953, Elvis Presley recorded a double-sided record with “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.” Who was the record for?

5. Name the late 1970s song that contains these lyrics: “Too many long conversations and no one is hearin’ a word.”

Hollywood Happenings

Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek has been cast as silent film legend Buster Keaton. Most people today don’t even know who Keaton was. Second only to Charlie Chaplin, he is best remembered for the 1926 classic “The General” and “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928) that were often featured in many anthologies about the silent film era. In 1959, Keaton received an honorary Oscar.

The next year, Keaton was busy rehearsing for the national company’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” with Dody Goodman. He has two stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and a 1987 documentary on his life won two Emmys. In 1994, the U.S. Post Office put his face on a stamp, and in 2022, two new books came out celebrating his work and life. Keaton died in 1966 from lung cancer at age 70 in Los Angeles. His comic genius is missed dearly.

From pg. 14

1. Diana Ross, in 1972. The song was on the double soundtrack album for the film of the same name, a biopic about singer Billie Holiday.

2. “Too Low for Zero,” in 1983. The song did well on the charts, boosted by a quirky MTV video.

3. ”Poor Little Fool,” by Ricky Nelson, in 1958. Billboard first ranked sheet music in 1913.

4. His mother, as a birthday present. Presley paid $3.98 for the recording fee.

5. ”Dancin’ Shoes,” by Nigel Olsson, in 1978. Olsson got his start in England with the Plastic Penny band, and later played drums with Elton John.