Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which,by the means of flatterers, they may entertainof themselves, or the world may conceive ofthem, have certainly more of mortal thandivine about them. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

glockenspiel Definition: (noun) A percussion instrument with a series of metalbars tuned to the chromatic scale and played withtwo light hammers. Synonyms: orchestral bells Usage: She was always capricious in her tastes, but evenher close friends were surprised when she […]

Kurt Cobain (1967) Cobain formed the rock trio Nirvana in hishometown of Aberdeen, Washington, in 1986.The group’s second album, Nevermind,featured the iconic hit “Smells Like TeenSpirit” and was the first punk-oriented album toachieve popularity with a mainstream audience. However, Cobainrailed […]

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

scrooge Definition: (noun) A mean-spirited miserly person. Synonyms: niggard, skinflint, churl Usage: The old scrooge was married to his money, and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as divorce.

André Breton (1896) Breton was a French writer, critic, and editor. In 1919, he helped found the Dadaist review Littérature. Influenced by psychiatry and the Symbolist movement, he wrote poetry using the automatic-writing technique. In 1924, his Manifeste du surréalisme—Surrealist […]

Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)