25 Monday Jan 2016
Posted in "She said what?!", quotations
A silent tongue for
fear of anger
fear of conflict
fear of loneliness
fear of attack
fear of misunderstanding
fear … fear it not
Speak up!
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from J. K. Rowling
internationally renown author of The Harry Potter book series
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(image from telegraph uk)
08 Wednesday Apr 2015
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She said what?!’
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American jazz songstress Billie Holiday
nicknamed “Lady Day”
was famed for her original, soulful voice.
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(image from hilobrow.com):
Billie Holiday (1957)
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Unfortunately her life was plagued with personal challenges.
She battled drug and alcohol addiction
in addition to the intensity of racial discrimination during the 1930s / 1940s.
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Tragically, she died at only 44 years old.
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However, today she is rightfully remembered for her authentic musical talent.
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In 1972, Diana Ross won a Golden Globe
and received an Oscar nomination for her
portrayal of Billie Holiday in the movie Lady Sings the Blues.
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John Hammond, the record producer who discovered Ms. Holiday, said of her:
“I listened to this girl, and I just couldn’t believe my ears that here was a singer who sounded like an instrumentalist, like one of the most advanced instrumentalists there had ever been.” (quote from npr.org)
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A “She said what?!” quote by
Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959)
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13 Friday Mar 2015
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She said what?!’
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which they were more than willing to share.
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American writer Dorothy Parker:
poet, short story writer, satirist, activist
contributor to Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New York (which she help found)-
was actively engaged in the social issues of her time:
equality, freedom, civil liberties.
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(image from vulture.com):
Dorothy Parker, at her craft
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Known within the New York City literary circuit (and further flung)
for her scathing wit, sharp remarks and barbed retorts-
she was a woman of fierce talent and spirit.
She wrote and said what she thought/felt.
Admired by friends and critics alike, her writings/comments were
provocative, never sugar coated, sometimes bitter to swallow
and worth a moment to ponder.
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A “She said what?!” quote by
Dorothy Parker (1893 – 1967)
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01 Sunday Feb 2015
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‘She said what?!’
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She was born on 1 June 1926.
At birth she was given the name Norma Jeane Mortensen.
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She never knew her father.
Her mother suffered from mental illness.
As a result of these unfortunate circumstances,
she spent much of her childhood in foster care.
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Raped at the age of eleven, a high school drop-out at fifteen
and desperate to escape a childcare system,
which was anything but-
she wed her boyfriend at the age of sixteen.
At twenty, she was divorced
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She signed her first movie contract in 1946-
the same year of her divorce.
She dyed her hair blonde and styled herself “Marilyn Monroe“
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She would go on to study acting under Lee Strasberg,
at the prestigious Actors’ Studio.
She would become an international movie star.
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She was known for her breathy voice, screen sex appeal and curvaceous figure.
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She married baseball great Joe DiMaggio –
a marriage which lasted only nine months.
She wed famed playwright Arthur Miller-
a marriage which lasted five years.
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She was known to have an offbeat sense of humour
and a lively, sharp wit.
Many famous quotes on life, men and career are attributed to her.
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(image from quotesvalley.com):
Marilyn Monroe
“She said what?!” :
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On 5 August 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her Los Angeles home-
the cause of death was ruled as a drug overdose.
She was thirty-six years old.
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11 Tuesday Jun 2013
Posted in meapp quote, meapp quotes: words to live by
“You take people as far as they will go,
not as far as you would like them to go.”
Jeanette Rankin, 1880 – 1973
The first woman elected to the United States Congress
in 1916 and again in 1940
(image from biography.com)
22 Monday Apr 2013
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“Where words are restrained,
the eyes often talk a great deal.”
Samuel Richardson, 1689 – 1761
Writer. Publisher. Printer
26 Tuesday Mar 2013
Posted in inspiration, meapp quotes: words to live by
With ease of thought. With ease of action.
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“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
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Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1865
16th President of the United States, 1861 – 1865
Assassinated on Good Friday, 14 April 1865
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14 Thursday Feb 2013
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“I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
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Martin Luther King, Jr. , 1929 – 1968
American clergyman, activist, civil rights leader
Nobel Peace Prize recipient, 1964
11 Monday Feb 2013
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“One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 – 1900
German existentialist philosopher
15 Tuesday Jan 2013
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“… if all else fails: cup of tea, a nice biscuit and laugh!”
Sid Bryan
Joe Bates
Cozette McCreery
(image from londonfashionweek.co.uk)
