Hepburn, the Mother I remember whenever she had to go to a dinner or a cocktail party, she would always say, Oh, if only I could stay home and eat in the kitchen with you. I remember school days, cramming for exams for which she probably fretted more...
Hepburn, the Wife Although too young to remember my parents together, I was told of romantic evenings, of candle light and soft music. Anyway, no one is to blame. There is only sadness when two souls cannot merge. The snarling void left by her father...
She told us how she felt pangs of emptiness at the sight of other children in their fathers arms, how she wished he were there so she could be like the others. As a child, she couldnt let go of that profound and natural desire. This is also why, afte...
What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they soar when others sink? The answer is very simple. It's all...
George Bernard Shaw July 26, 1926 Of late years the public have been trying to tackle me in every way they possibly can, and failing to make anything of it they have turned to treating me Bs a great man. This is a dreadful fate to over- take anybody....
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the...
The Spirit of Man / William Faulkner I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work -- a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the...
Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates September 18, 2007 I am glad to be here today, Hell, I am glad to be anywhere today. President Cohon asked me to come and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, it's nothing compared to the charge you have jus...
HOW TO ACT 007SEAN CONNERY My name is BondJames Bond, Sean Connery informed the worlds movie-goers in 1962. In seven Bond films over a span of 21 years, the tall, dark Scot come to embody the suave secret agent whose code name was known around the gl...
WHATEVER LOVE MEANSDIANA Although neither nor them remembered the occasion, Diana first met her future husband when she was just a baby. It happened during the winter of 1961, when twelve-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, was visiting his mothers Sa...
And free up time to do what you love most Two years ago Shirley Michels of St. Louis found herself getting up earlier and earlier, and going to bed later and later, just to meet everyday demands. The wife, mother and ophthalmic technician met her res...
Shall We Choose Death? Bertrand Russell December 30, 1954 I am speaking not as a Briton, not as a European, not as a member of a western democracy, but as a human being, a member of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is...
Peeling Away Artifice For the Pure Original Sarah came running in.Look what I found. Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy, crumbling long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden...
If you have ever gone through a toll booth, you know that your relationship to the person in the booth is not the most intimate youll ever have. It is one of lifes frequent non-encounters: You hand over some money; you might get change; you drive off...
The auditorium is full of people conversing in the audience. On the stage the performers are shuffling their music and tuning their instruments as they prepare for the performance. The conductor enters, takes a bow, and all is silent. He raises his b...
