“Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, ‘here, my poor man’, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself. It is not the receiver that is blessed, but the giver. Be thankful that you are allowed to […]
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“The word impossible is not in my dictionary.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
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“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” – Virginia Woolf
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“But then if you’re so smart, tell me, why are you still so afraid?”
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The rate of U.S. diagnoses for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has doubled in the past 30 years, from 11.2 cases per 100,000 people in 1982 to 22.7 cases per 100,000 in 2011, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released June 2. As a result, the agency expects the cost of melanoma care to […]
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“If you don’t look facts in the face, they have a way of stabbing you in the back.” – Winston Churchill
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“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” – Shirley Chisholm
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“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” – Terry Pratchett
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“There are no right answers to wrong questions.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
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■ A Brazilian school is teaching kids proper English by asking them to correct erroneously worded tweets by their favorite celebrities. The school asks its preteen students to point out grammar and spelling errors to the likes of Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton, and Charlie Sheen. In April, Bieber tweeted, “That was a long bus ride. But we here.” Maria, 9, […]
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