5/27/2023 0 Comments Julia alvarez aha moment![]() The plot failed, and her family fled to the US. In 1960 Julia’s dad helped with a plot to overthrow the dictator. Julia thrived! Maybe because Domincans value story-telling, and they nurture it too. Her family lived there for the next 10 years. Julia was born in New York City in 1950, but she moved back to the Dominican Republic when she was 3 months old. Sometimes when life is at its worst, people rise to be their best. She also noticed how kindness inspires more kindness. Julia wrote about a horrible plane ride and the acts of kindness she saw during it. This quote came from her essay an Aha Moment. Sorry, I couldn’t find a recording this time either, but if you click this link, you can read the information from Inspiring Quotes. ![]() She writes everything – poetry, nonfiction, novels, and picture books. Most of them are both in English and Spanish. The link: Charlie Chaplin : Official Website His movies were known for their slapstick comedy, with a little tragedy/sorrow on the side.Ĭharlie has a website. It gave him the freedom to make movies the way he wanted – to write, direct, produce, edit, star in, even compose the music. ![]() A year later he went in with three friends to found United Artists. The famous producer even took him to America.Ĭharlie soon found his way into silent movies, and by 1918 he was a world-wide star. By age 19 he signed to do stage work with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company. They’d give you a place to stay, and work to do.īy the time he was 14, his mom was hospitalized for mental health issues, but a young Charlie was already taking care of himself – He was performing onstage in music halls. That’s where you went when you were penniless. Charlie was sent to a workhouse twice before he was nine. His parents separated when he was two, and his dad left the family behind. He was born in 1889 in London, England to a pair of music hall performers. It’s below, with my list of sources.Ĭharlie may have become a famous movie star, but he didn’t start out that way. There’s another image of him from a woodcut that was done 1489. It’s in a collection in Rome, but I’m not sure how old it is. No one is quite sure what Aesop looked like. He became an adviser to Greek kings and city-states. Aesop started life as a slave, but he was clever enough to win his freedom. That’s almost 2500 years ago.ĭetails get lost over time, but Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch wrote about him in their histories, so some details are still known. He died around 564 BC or BCE (before the common era). He was born around 620 BC, before Christ. The flight attendants, already strapped in, waved wildly for me to sit down. Oh, Lord, I thought, this is it Somehow, I managed to unbolt the door and scramble out. Someone gathered them together to make Aesop’s Fables. A-Ha Moment by Julia Alvarez I was in the tiny bathroom in the back of the plane when I felt the slamming jolt, then the horrible swerve that threw me against the door. Link: Daily Inspiration | Inspiring QuotesĪesop was a Greek storyteller who was known for his tales. Who said it? Aesop! You know the one from the fables? This quote came from the moral to “The Lion and the Mouse.” Here’s a recording with information I didn’t include. ![]() Quote #1 – No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ![]()
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