“Either America will destroy ignorance
or ignorance will destroy the United States”~ W. E. B. Du Bois
Historian, sociologist and author
Born on: 23rd February 1868
Porte Ponderings:
Today’s quote from the 1800’s seems just as true today as it did then.
Today’s AI generated image using analog film style:
Weird how the spelling is incorrect and the quote is split.
“Every picture shows a spot
with which the artist
has fallen in love”~ Alfred Sisley
Artist and painter
Born on: 30th October 1839
“A lie told once remains a lie
but a lie told a thousand times
becomes the truth”~ Joseph Goebbels
Nazi Minister of Propaganda
Born on: 29th October 1897
“Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can’t make them all yourself”~ Usher
Rapper and singer
Born on: 14th October 1978
“It is time for us to
turn to each other,
not on each other”~ Jesse Jackson
American civil rights activist
Born on: 8th October 1941
“You can pray until you faint,
but unless you get up
and try to do something,
God is not going to
put it in your lap”~ Fannie Lou Hamer
Civil rights activist
Born on: 6th October 1917
“No religion teaches violence”
~ Imran KhanPakistani cricketer and Prime Minister
Born on: 5th October 1952
“Every expert
was once a beginner”~ Rutherford B. Hayes
19th US president
Born on: 4th October 1822
My doctor gave me six months to live,
but when I couldn’t pay the bill
he gave me six months more.~ Walter Matthau
Actor
Born on: 1st October 1920Porte Ponderings:
Welcome October ❤
October 1st most of us are able to hang our orange shirts in the closet until next year. Some of us have to live with the repercussions of Residential Schools everyday. The lose of culture, language, heritage and extended cousins.
Tell the truth.
Sing with passion.
Work with laughter.
Love with heart. ‘
Cause that’s all that matters in the end.~ Kris Kristofferson
American – Musician
June 22, 1936-September 28, 2024
Truth and Reconciliation
or Orange Shirt Day.
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