December 2012
A Dream Deferred By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like...
In the film, The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star as terminally ill acquaintances on a quest to complete a wish list of activities before they “kick the bucket.” As a result of the movie, the phrase “bucket list” entered into American vocabulary to describe the things...
The night before delivering his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. assembled his team at the Willard Hotel to finalize his script for the next day. As usual, his speechwriters and advisors debated, one last time, exactly what should be said and how it should be...
We use the expression, “the daily grind,” to describe the mundane unpleasantness of our work routine. Interestingly, the word “grind” has multiple meanings: 1) To wear down, reduce, or crush into powder by pounding or abrading 2) To smooth, sharpen, or polish by friction or abrasion Though we cannot escape the daily...
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