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[00:00.74]About Youth [00:03.80]No young man believes he will ever die. [00:08.29] It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. [00:12.23]There is a feeling of eternity in youth, [00:14.30]which makes us amend for everything. [00:16.71]To be youn
[00:01.40]Be Happy! [00:05.44]The days that make us happy make us wise.John Masefield [00:12.33]When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me. [00:17.47]What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, [00:21.73] I ha
[00:03.61]A Place to Stand [00:05.00]If you have ever gone through a toll booth, [00:09.82]you know that your relationship to the person [00:11.78]in the booth is not the most intimate you'll ever have. [00:14.38]It is one of life's frequent non-enco
[00:00.84]The Most Adored AthleteMuhammad Ali [00:07.56]Though Ali won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960, [00:13.56]at the time the experts didn't think much of his boxing skills. [00:17.32]His head, eyes wide, seemed to float above the act
[00:02.60]Could a Game Show Format Work at University [00:05.43]Educators, are you ready? Hands on your buzzers. [00:10.64]Here we go with our first starter for 10: [00:13.56]do television quiz show formats offer a useful tool for teaching? [00:17.91
[00:01.81]Free Up Time to Do What You Love Most [00:08.04]Two years ago Shirley Michels of St. Louis found herself [00:14.09]getting up earlier and earlier, [00:15.68]and going to bed later and later, [00:18.13]just to meet everyday demands. [00:20.1
[00:01.34]Whatever Love Means [00:03.01]Although neither of them remembered the occasion, [00:07.16]Diana first met her future husband when she was just a baby. [00:11.10]It happened during the winter of 1961, when twelve-year-old Charles, [00:16.46]
[00:01.98]Hepburn Forever [00:04.92]Hepburn, the Daughter [00:08.91]She told us how she felt pangs of emptiness [00:11.48]at the sight of other children in their fathers' arms, [00:14.38]how she wished he were there so she could be like the others. [
[00:00.09]Entering the New Room of Your Life [00:07.72]It must be one of the most frequently asked questions [00:12.77]in the English language [00:14.32]What do you want to be when you grow up? [00:16.45]And for most of us the answer is simple [00:18
[00:01.62]Yellow Post-Its [00:04.90]Can you still find this day, my dear, among your possessions? [00:10.48]Among the souvenirs of your trips to faraway lands, [00:14.20]the textbooks from those halcyon days [00:16.94]when you walked the hallowed por
[00:01.43]Shelly to Elizabeth Hitchener [00:03.94]Your letter of the 1st hath this moment reached me. [00:08.43]I answer it according to our agreement, [00:11.06] which shall be inviolable. [00:13.35]Truly did you say that, at our arising in the morn
[00:01.08]Price of a Miracle [00:05.37]Tess was a precocious eight-year-old girl [00:09.86]when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, [00:13.48]Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick [00:16.09]and they were completely ou
[00:02.89]The Paradox of Happiness [00:05.37]Do you recall a timelet's say [00:09.33]when you were about 5 years old [00:10.81]what defined happiness back then? [00:13.29]Was it getting a puppy for Christmas? Or maybe, [00:17.29]you were a child of d
[00:01.73]How I've Been Enriched by Beggars [00:05.66]Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, [00:11.13]a seemingly ancient woman on crutches waited beside the door [00:15.18]with her hand outstretched. [00:16.82]Every day I put my hand in he
[00:02.46]Criteria of Excellency [00:07.64]My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat simultaneously. [00:14.39]It was hanging on a rack at a secondhand clothing store [00:17.76]in Northampton Mass, [00:19.82]crammed in with shoddy trench coats
[00:01.95]The Power of Us [00:03.81]Sometimes I think that if I could change the world, [00:08.73]and run everything the way I want, then the world would be a better place. [00:12.78] I'm a good guy. I have good intentions. [00:16.17]I want the best
[00:03.45]The Power of Imagination [00:05.07]Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something [00:10.56]that is not perceived through the senses. [00:12.77]It is the ability of the mind to built mental scenes, [00:16.50]objects or event
[00:01.49]I Want! I Do! I Get! [00:04.34]There's a great song out there by Jimmy Cliff, [00:08.16]one of reggae's top artists, [00:10.25]that in six words summarizes just how you succeed in life: [00:14.29]I want! I do! I get! [00:17.90] These six wo
[00:02.27]Dreams [00:06.23]To accomplish great things, you must dream great dreams. [00:10.80]But dreaming alone isn't enough, [00:12.90]you must believe in your dreams and you must act. [00:15.77]Without action, even the most grand of dreams evapora
Two Commandments Are Enough By Peggy Wood Occasionally my mother used to announce that she was going to take time out from the day's activities to rest, she would say, and to invite my soul. She always put the phrase in quotes, in order, I expect, to