Saturday, July 29, 2006
saturday notes
-ht Betsy : new editor for Time online. All I can say is, well, there's really nothing I can say.
-also vis Betsy : report on Juan Williams' talk and book. Provocative and interesting.
-No special reason I like this, but it made me laugh - from Sam Levenson : "Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped." He also said this, "It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm'." Which turns out to be from a poem of sorts that he wrote and that Audrey Hepburn quoted so often it was sometimes attributed to her:
-also vis Betsy : report on Juan Williams' talk and book. Provocative and interesting.
-No special reason I like this, but it made me laugh - from Sam Levenson : "Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped." He also said this, "It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm'." Which turns out to be from a poem of sorts that he wrote and that Audrey Hepburn quoted so often it was sometimes attributed to her:
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored,renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw anybody out.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
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