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If you want people to think well of you, do not
speak well of yourself. Those who are
accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of
reasoning, for they would understand at first sight and are not used
to seeking for principles. And others, on the contrary, who are
accustomed to reason from principles, do not at all understand matters
of feeling, seeking principles and being unable to see at a glance. The heart has
its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Man is but a
reed, the weakest thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed. Quand il pleut a la Saint-Médard [June 8] St Pratt's little summer. |
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Full many ane tyme
the archier slakkis is bow
That afterhend it may the stronger be;
Full many ane time in Vulkane's burning stow
The smith does water cast with careful ee;
Full oft contentions great arise, we see,
Betwixt the husband and his loving wife,
That sine they may the fermlyer agree
When ended is that sudden choler strife.
Yea, brethern, loving vther as their lyfe
Will have debates at certain tymes and hours;
The winged boy dissensions hot and rife
'Twixt his lets fall like sudden summer showers;
Even so this couldnes did betwixt us fall
To kindle our love, as sure I hope it shall.
King James I of England, born on June 19, 1566
It is well said in the old
proverb, 'a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots
on'.
CH Spurgeon, English
nonconformist preacher, born on June 19, 1834; Gems from Spurgeon,
1859 (citing a proverb often attributed to Mark
Twain, Winston Churchill
and others)
I beseech you to live not only for this age,
but for the next also. I would fling my shadow through eternal ages if I
could.
Charles Spurgeon
I remember standing
before the fire, leaning on the mantel-shelf, after I got home, and
my mother spoke to me, and I heard her say outside the door, "There
is a change come over Charles."
She had not had half-a-dozen words with me; but she saw
that I was not what I had been. I had been dull,
melancholy, sorrowful, depressed; and when I had looked to Christ,
the appearance of my face changed; I had a smile, a cheerful,
happy, contented look at once, and she could see it; and a few
words let her know that her melancholy boy had risen out of his
despondency, and had become bright and cheerful.
Charles Spurgeon, on his conversion
at age 15
It is proposed
that humble application be made for an act of Parliament of Great Britain,
by virtue of which one general government may be formed in America,
including all the said colonies, within and under which government each
colony may retain its present constitution, except in the particulars
wherein a change may be directed by the said act, as hereafter follows.
Opening paragraph of Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union,
June 19, 1754, precursor to the US Constitution
Longevity is the revenge of talent upon genius.
Cyril Connolly, British journalist,
June 19, 1966, Sunday Times
You're
not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.
Kathleen Turner, American actress, born on June 19, 1954; as Matty Walker, to
William Hurt in Body
Heat, 1981;
written/directed
by Lawrence Kasdan, 1981
Being
a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men
think
it's looks, most women know otherwise.
Kathleen
Turner; in The Observer (London), April
27, 1986
I'm
not bad, I'm just drawn that way.
Kathleen Turner; as the
voice of Jessica Rabbit in the film Who Framed Roger
Rabbit, 1988
There's
something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's
as
if you were trying to slip through life unchanged.
Kathleen Turner; as Sarah Levy, to her husband in film The
Accidental
Tourist,
1988, based on the novel by Anne Taylor
A woman my age is
not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda
tired of that.
Kathleen Turner
I
know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something
and
walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me,
it's
because he's gay.
Kathleen Turner, in Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989
Empower
people to help themselves, build self-esteem and confidence, arm them with
responsibility and you tap into the greatest source of lasting good
possible.
Curtis Sliwa,
American founder of the Guardian
Angels youth anti-crime patrols and right-wing
talk show host, who was shot five times on June 19, 1992
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Mark Twain
(1835 - 1910), US author. The third Sunday in June
is Fathers' Day in
a number of countries.
Fatherhood is pretending that the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
Bill Cosby,
US comic and actor
June
19 is
the 170th
day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar (171st
in leap years), with 195
days remaining.
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Niman Kachinas, Hopi Indian
'going home' ceremony (c. Jun 19 - 29)
Kachinas (katsinam; singular katsina; pictured) are spiritual messengers who listen to prayers of the holy men and elders and convey them to the gods. They have human forms and distinctive personalities. Kachinas are benevolent in the main, if treated respectfully. They taught the sacred dances to a group of youths who became the first priests.
A sixteen-day event,
it begins around the time of the Summer Solstice. The Niman is one of the
most solemn and dramatic of all Kachina rituals.
It is time to say goodbye to the Kachinas who return home to the San Francisco mountains for another Winter. The Niman is similar to Christmas: children receive gifts from the Kachinas before they leave.
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Noah left the Ark (according to Islamic tradition)
(See November 18, 2347 BCE for Christian tradition)
Close-up view of the
Mt Ararat anomaly
some believe to be Noah's Ark
Of special note in this parade,
all the way back to 1498,
is the presence of 'giants' – enormous structures made of cardboard
and 
