Are You Too Scared Of Success?

Francis Ford Coppola (age 68), five-time academy award winner, director of movies such as: The Godfather, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, was interviewed this morning on CBS News Sunday Morning. His life-story attribute that resonated with me most was his tenacity. Although he became quite successful at an early age, he almost faced business financial ruin and was on the verge of bankruptcy. This did not deter him from taking additional risks and rebuilding his enormous success and wealth again....

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Farewell to Pavarotti

“Every artist deserves in the end to be remembered for the best that was in him, and when Pavarotti was at his best, there was nobody better.” This beautiful sentence was written by Terry Teachout, the Journal’s drama critic.

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Attempted Solutions – Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in the same place but it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long...

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Poem

He prayed ~ It wasn’t my religion He ate ~ It wasn’t what I ate He spoke ~ It wasn’t my language He dressed ~ It wasn’t what I wore He took my hand ~ It wasn’t the color of mine But when he laughed ~ It was how I laughed And when he cried ~ It was how I cried. (By Amy Maddox, Age 16)

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