Plutarch Quote – Character is simply habit long continued
“Character is simply habit long continued.” – Plutarch
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Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy
“Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy”.
Read moreLive. Laugh. Love.
“Live. Laugh. Love.”
Read moreKorea’s Deadly Fixation On Plastic Surgery
A fixation on plastic surgery is slaughtering Koreans, said the Chosun Ilbo. “There is presumably no other nation where plastic specialists place advertisements on the sides of buses,” with before and after after the photos enticing individuals to extend their eyes or narrow their noses. Again and again, the genuine “after” photograph would portray a casket. Simply a week ago, […]
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Live, Laugh, Love
“Live every moment, laugh every day, love beyond words.”
Read moreGilda Radner Quote – Life Is About Not Knowing
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” – Gilda Radner
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Reporters Without Borders ranked 180 countries on the basis of conditions for press freedom. A sampling:
Read moreThe 5.1 earthquake that rattled Southern California
La Habra, Calif. Quake fears: The magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattled Southern California, raising fears that the tremors could presage the long-dreaded “Big One”—a catastrophic quake that could devastate the region. The temblor and its more than 100 aftershocks originated in La Habra, Calif., along the Puente Hills thrust fault that stretches from the suburbs of northern Orange County into Hollywood. Residents […]
Read moreOceans Heating Up At Double Speed
Ocean temperatures first collected during one of the great 19th-century voyages of exploration confirm one of the consequences of climate change: humans have managed to warm even the deepest parts of the ocean. A new study in Nature Climate Change calculates that the amount of heat absorbed by the ocean has doubled in the last 18 years. A third of […]
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