Movement
“To move freely you must be deeply rooted.” Bella Lewitzky, dancer (13 January 1916-2004) 💃 “Per muoverti liberamente devi essere profondamente radicato.” “Pour vous déplacer librement, vous devez être profondément enraciné.”
Category: bits of thought
Dr. Seuss on Memory
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” “Non piangere perché è finita. Sorridi perché è successo. ” “A volte non riuscirai a conoscere il valore di un momento, fino a quando non diventerà un ricordo.”
Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg!🥂
🎈 “All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives.” 🎈 “Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that’s what I think keeps me hungry.” 🎈 “Sometimes a dream almost whispers… it never shouts. Very hard to hear. So you… Read More Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg!🥂
Jane Austen on 🍂Nature🍂
🍂 They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. 🍂 Jane Austen (1775-1817) “Mansfield Park” Today is Jane Austen Day: it marks the 244th anniversary of her birth 🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂 🍂 Sono molto da compiangere coloro ai quali non è stato dato un certo gusto per… Read More Jane Austen on 🍂Nature🍂
Breve riflessione su un piatto di bollito
“T’amo, o pio bove; e mite un sentimento Di vigore e di pace al cor m’infondi…” (Giosuè Carducci – Il bove – 1872) Il pio bove, che emana un senso quasi di sacralità, è “sua maestà il bue grasso”, celebrato in questi giorni con sontuosi bolliti misti nelle sagre di Moncalvo o di Carrù?… Read More Breve riflessione su un piatto di bollito
Mark Twain on Truth
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” “Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.” “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” “All generalizations are false, including this one.” “There are three kinds of lies: lies,… Read More Mark Twain on Truth
Volare
Solo chi osa lanciarsi nel vuoto capisce se è in grado di volare Only those who dare throw themselves into the void understand if they are capable of flying Ce sont eux qui osent se jeter dans le vide qui comprennent s’ils sont capables de voler
Sheridan and Human Frailty
Four quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (born 30 October 1751), Irish playwright and Whig Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, His most famous works include “The School for Scandal” and “The Rivals”. ❉ “Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.” ❉ “There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human… Read More Sheridan and Human Frailty
Quel volto fra le nubi
Tra le nubi prende forma un volto vago, un po’ pensieroso; osserva perplesso il lago, la vita che pulsa là sotto e poi lentamente si dissolve tra i monti, nell’aria … (L.Z.)
🎈Happy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!🎉
Natalie Anne Merchant (born on 26 October 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet In her beautiful song “Ophelia” (Dec 6: OPHELIA by Natalie Merchant), she imagines a woman living different lives throughout history , which in the end appear to be delusions from a mental patient (the real Ophelia). Three quotes: “I… Read More 🎈Happy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!🎉
