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I was a fat schoolboy and, as
he leaned an arm on my shoulder, I realized that he was drunk. We were
twelve then, but in spite of his sideboards, we went on to become
teen-age pals. Paul McCartney; Record Collector, November, 1995, 24 |
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Mistletoe
is, however, seldom found on a hard-oak,
and when it is discovered it is gathered with great ceremony, and
particularly on the 6th day of the moon (which for those tribes
[Druids] constitutes the beginning of the months and the years) and after
every thirty years of a generation, because it is then rising in strength
and not one half its full size.
Pliny the Elder
(Plinius maior or Gaius
Plinius Secundus;
23 CE - 79),
Natural
History XVI xcv. 250 (see Coligny
Calendar)
Now let the world go as it will; I care for
nothing more.
King Henry II of England's last
words, July 6, 1189, on being told that his favourite son, John, was
conspiring against him
I pray you, master lieutenant, see me safe up,
and for my coming down, let me shift for myself ... Pluck up thy
spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office; my neck is very
short; take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine
honesty [reputation].
Sir Thomas More's last words,
to the executioner,
when executed on this day in 1535 by King
Henry VII of England
It is all the
same, drawing, painting, modelling, the irresistible desire to copy any
beautiful object which strikes the eye. Why cannot one be content to look
at it? I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result.
Beatrix Potter, British children's book illustrator and author, born
on July 6, 1866
May this
heartfelt wish of total freedom for all Tibet,
Which has been awaited for a long time,
be spontaneously fulfilled;
Please grant soon the good fortune to enjoy
The happy celebration of spiritual with temporal rule.
From the prayer, Words
of Truth, composed by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, born on July 6, 1935
Sometimes in
my dreams there are women … When such dreams happen, immediately I
remember, "I am a monk." … It is very important to analyze "What
is the real benefit of sexual desire?" The appearance of a beautiful
face or a beautiful body – as many scriptures describe – no matter how
beautiful, they essentially decompose into a skeleton. When we penetrate
to its human flesh and bones, there is no beauty, is there? A couple in a
sexual experience is happy for that moment. Then very soon trouble begins.
The
Fourteenth
Dalai Lama
When [sexual urges] develop, I always see the
negative side. There's an expression from the Nagurajuna, one of the
Indian masters: "If you itch, it's nice to scratch it. But it's
better to have no itch at all.
The
Fourteenth
Dalai Lama
This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own
brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
The
Fourteenth
Dalai Lama
Old friends pass away, new
friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day
arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend
– or a meaningful day.
The
Fourteenth
Dalai Lama
Keep good relations with the Grecians.
US President George W
Bush, born on July 6, 1946;
quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999 Bushisms
I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I
don't feel like owe anybody an explanation.
George W Bush; August 2002
Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.
George W Bush; speech to UN General Assembly, September
12, 2002
Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard, and VX nerve
agent ... The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.
George W Bush; State of the Union Address, January
28, 2003
We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons
– the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
George W Bush; lying to the American people in a radio address, February
8, 2003
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.
George W Bush; address to the people of the USA, March
17, 2003
The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.
George W Bush; address to the people of the USA, March
19, 2003
We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
George W Bush; NBC interview, April
24, 2003
We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
George W Bush; remarks to reporters, May
3, 2003
I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein – because he had a weapons program.
George W Bush; remarks to reporters, May
6, 2003
You remember when Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological
weapons ... They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two. And we'll find more weapons as time goes on, But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong. We found them.
George W Bush; lying in remarks to reporters, May
31, 2003. The laboratories were later judged not to contain any such weapons, that they most likely were used for weather
balloons. (See related: How
Colin Powell lied to the United Nations)
See, in
my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over
again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.
George W Bush, 'President
Participates in Social Security Conversation in New York,' May
24, 2005
Let us not dominate others with our
power – or betray them with our indifference. And let us have an American
foreign policy that reflects American character. The modesty of true strength.
The humility of real greatness.
George W Bush;
campaign speech,
November 19, 1999
Bushisms analysed Bushism of the day Bushisms at Amazon.com Bushism at Wikipedia Bush at Wikiquote More
As democracy is perfected, the
office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the
people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach
their hearts’ desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright
moron.
HL Mencken,
July 26, 1920
July
6
is the 187th
day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (188th
in leap years),
with 178 days remaining.
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Festival of the Ludi
Apollinares, ancient Rome (Jul 6 - 13)
Ludi was the common name for a variety of games and
contests held at Rome,
usually at festivals of the gods.
During a rather bad year (212 BCE) in the Second Punic War (though they did have a good win at Syracuse) and several years after their crushing defeat by the Carthaginian Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae, the Romans consulted the ancient seer Marcius for his reading from the sacred texts, the Sibylline Oracles.
Marcius advised them to hold
games in honour of the Greek sun god, Apollo (pictured),
in order to obtain his aid. Four years later when a plague broke out, the
senators of Rome decided to make the Ludi Apollinares permanent and over
the course of the next two centuries the games came to be a festival
lasting eight days, the principal sacrifice being made on July 13.
The Ludi Apollinares were
superintended by the
praetor
urbane, and ten men sacrificed to Apollo, according to Greek rites,
with a bull, two white goats and a heifer, all with gilt horns.
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