tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24450933213494217532024-03-13T08:02:27.858-04:00Monday Morning MotivationYou can change who you are by changing what goes into your mind.hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comBlogger1005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-74186432452237003132020-02-17T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-17T06:00:05.118-05:00Carl Rogers — Acceptance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In 2019 I read 48 books.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sixty-five percent of the books were fiction, 31% were non-fiction and 4</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">% were poetry.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Of the novels, 11 were fantasy, 9 were mysteries, 4 were science fiction, 3 were historical, 3 were young adult and 3 realistic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Of the non-fiction books, 33% dealt with art and 4 were memoirs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Adele and her husband became art collectors. Klimt painted two portraits of Adele. The Germans stole all of their art and after the war the Austrian government refused to give it back. Maria sued the government of Austria in 2000 and ultimately won the ownership of the portraits in 2006 through arbitration. The original portrait was sold in 2006 for $135 million.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"It's much more important to listen when you're interviewing people than to worry about what questions you're going to ask." (David McCullough) p. 45</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"I've come to appreciate that doing biography is as much an artistic calling as struggling with ideas." (Paul Nagel) p. 101</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"The best biographies have always told wonderful stories." (Jean Strouse) p. 164</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"Good biographers combine the arts of the novelist, the detective work of the historian and the insights of the psychologist." (Jean Strouse) p. 164</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"If you always tell the truth, you don't need memos to remember what you said." (Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives.) p. 214</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442687221l/12555._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Bonesetter's Daughter" border="0" height="200" id="coverImage" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442687221l/12555._SY475_.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="133" /></a><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Bonesetter's Daughter</b> is another excellent novel by Amy Tan. This novel follows a similar pattern to several of Tan's other novels. She tells the story of a Chinese mother and daughter whose relationship is filled with challenges. The mother is born in China </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">and emigrates to the United States. The daughter who is born in the U.S. seeks to discover and understand the secret life of her mother in China. I usually find the mother's Chinese story more fascinating than the daughter's current story. In this case, I also enjoyed the contemporary story because the mother is experiencing dementia and the daughter seeks to place her in an assisted living facility. Having worked in long-term care for 40 years, I found the detail of the first visit to the facility to be very accurate. The heart of the story, though, is about a daughter coming to terms with a difficult mother. I highly recommend this book to those who love novels.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems and Poems</i> by Mary Oliver</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In the opening essay, <i>Building the House</i>, she writes about a house she built and a carpenter who writes poetry in his spare time. She is an artist of detail. She describes the blue butterflies called azures: "In their small blue dresses they float among the branches, they come close to me, one rests for a moment on my wrist."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In the second essay, <i>Sister Turtle</i>, Oliver writes about the eggs of a turtle: "Last week I ate the eggs of the turtle, like little golden suns...." Every word in the essays have been measured and chosen for its impact.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In the third essay, <i>The Swan</i>, Oliver discusses the writing of poetry. She writes: "I want the poem to ask something and, at its best moments, I want the question to remain unanswered. I want it to be clear that answering the question is the reader's part in an implicit author-reader pact."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In four short essays, Oliver also discusses 4 poets: Poe, Frost, Hopkins and Whitman. In the essay, <i>Swoon</i>, Oliver explores the life of a spider. In the final essay, Oliver explores the impact of the natural world on her poetry. She writes: "I am forever just going out for a walk and tripping over the root, or the petal, of some trivia, then seeing it as if in a second sight, as emblematic."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Madeleine was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1937. Josef Korbel, Madeleine's father, was involved in politics and served as an ambassador to Yugoslavia and Albania. The family escaped to England when the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia. They returned after the war only to escape to America after the Communists took over Czechoslovakia. They were given political asylum. The family moved to Denver, Colorado where Josef became a professor.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Madeleine attended Wellesley College and was granted American citizenship in 1957. She married Joseph Albright in 1959. She gave birth to twin daughters in 1961 and a third daughter in 1967. Madeleine was a granted a Ph.D from Columbia University in 1976.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In 1976, Madeleine became chief legislative assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie. She worked on the staff of the National Security Council from 1978 to 1981. She served as foreign policy advisor to presidential nominee Walter Mondale and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. She also served on the faculty at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She became the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. on February 1, 1993. On January 23, 1997, Madeleine was sworn in as the 64th Secretary of State. She was the first female to hold the position.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">When Madeleine became Secretary of State, she discovered that she was of Jewish descent and that several of her relatives had died in the concentration camps. Her parents had raised her Catholic.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Godfather</i> by Mario Puzo</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Having seen the movie multiple times, I pictured the actors in their roles as I read the book. Emotionally, I was still touched by the brutal killing of Sonny.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">As someone who is anti-violence, anti-guns , and anti-crime, I am still surprised by my positive response to the book. Anthony Puzo, son of Mario, says, in his opening note to the 5oth anniversary edition, "My father's unique and ultimately brilliant idea to base <b>The Godfather</b> on family values was the key to its success." That may be why I like the book. As a reader, you cannot help but fall in love with the characters. It is about loyalty, about caring for those you love. I believe that even the worst of people have some good in them and that the best of people have some evil in them. None of us are perfect.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Anthony also mentioned some curious facts about the writing of the book. The Don was based on Mario's mother. Hw said: "Whenever the Don opened his mouth, my father said that in his own mind he heard the voice of his mother. He heard her wisdom, ruthlessness and unconquerable love for her family."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I have often wondered how Mario knew so much about the Mafia. The truth is that Mario never met anyone in the Mafia. All his knowledge was gained from research. This flies in the face of the advice writers are given to write about what you know.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I highly recommend this novel both to those who have never read it and to those who have. Read it again. Now, I think it is time for me to see the movie again.</span></span></div>
<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-45460120237330380052020-01-27T09:34:00.001-05:002020-01-27T09:36:32.783-05:00Yayoi Kusama — Creativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-33266553540505439862019-05-27T06:00:00.000-04:002019-05-27T06:00:09.396-04:00Henry Kaiser — Opportunities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-79037152325324706092019-05-20T10:45:00.000-04:002019-05-20T10:45:09.743-04:00Tom Flores - Commitment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-35570802952609542602019-04-22T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-22T06:00:00.639-04:00Ralph Waldo Emerson — Growth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-41443166240070367142019-04-15T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-15T06:00:17.991-04:00Ben Sweetland — Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-60579641677086419022019-04-08T06:00:00.000-04:002019-04-08T06:00:03.949-04:00Henry Ford — Opportunity<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Henry Ford built his first car inside a rented building. When the car was finished, he realized that the door was not big enough for the car to go through so he destroyed an entire wall. He did not let the wall stand in the way of test driving his first car. Do you learn from your mistakes? In every failure is an opportunity to grow and change. When something knocks you off your feet, pick yourself up and begin again.</span><br />
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hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-80146405555289348252019-04-01T06:44:00.000-04:002019-04-01T06:45:39.071-04:00James M. Barrie — Happiness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-13252126231103017852019-03-18T06:00:00.000-04:002019-03-18T06:00:16.616-04:00Marcel Proust — Gratitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-70729562835052698342019-03-11T06:00:00.000-04:002019-03-11T06:00:06.999-04:00Andrew Carnegie — Actions Speak Louder Than Words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-46377272618633034602019-03-04T06:00:00.000-05:002019-03-04T06:00:02.623-05:00Vincent T. Lombardi — Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-24890043616894671692019-02-25T06:00:00.000-05:002019-02-25T06:00:01.474-05:00Walter Bagehot — Persistence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-88043872994052665312019-02-18T06:00:00.000-05:002019-02-18T06:00:06.040-05:00Abraham Lincoln — Hustle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-32515071366031612942019-02-11T11:17:00.000-05:002019-02-11T11:17:46.196-05:00George Bernard Shaw - Circumstances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-55982971541577482462019-02-04T06:00:00.000-05:002019-02-04T06:00:03.566-05:00St.Francis de Sales — Be Yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-87388363786443550722019-01-28T06:00:00.000-05:002019-01-28T06:00:07.470-05:00Eleanor Roosevelt — Age: a Work of Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445093321349421753.post-48988693105863294632019-01-21T06:00:00.000-05:002019-01-21T06:00:03.588-05:00Winston Churchill — Responsibility<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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