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‘A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child.’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus’s reindeer, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeer team and guide Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve.

Though Rudolph initially receives ridicule for his bright red nose, the brightness is so powerful that it illuminates Santa’s path through dark winter weather.

The original story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by, Robert May.

First publication of the short story was in 1939.

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‘A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child.’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts’.

Shakespeare quote

William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616

This is from As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7, where Jaques describes the ages of human life.

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts’.

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‘Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful’.

Sage investor owl

Warren Buffet

Warren Edward Buffett is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his immense investment success, Buffett is one of the best-known fundamental investors in the world.

As of October 2023, he possessed a net worth of $117 billion making him the seventh-richest person in the world.

Warren Buffet
An investor looking at paperwork before buying a stock. ‘Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful’.
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‘When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life’.

Happiness

John Winston Ono Lennon. 1940 – 1980

John Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.

Lennon’s work included music, writing, drawings, and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

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‘You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make the dream a reality.’

Fairytales and dreams

Walt Disney 1901 – 1966

Walt Disney was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned and nominations by an individual.

‘You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make the dream a reality.’

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‘We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.’

Liberty

Winston Churchill 1874 – 1965

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

He was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

Great statesman

He is considered one of the best-known, and some say one of the greatest statesman of the 20th century. He was also a Nobel Prize winner in literature for his speeches and books. 

He is famous for his inspiring quotes, such as ‘Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.‘

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‘I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear’.

I have a dream...

Martin Luther King Jr. 1929 – 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who advocated for nonviolent resistance against racial oppression in the United States. 

He is best known for his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, delivered at the March on Washington in 1963, where he called for an end to racism and a vision of a society where people are judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated in 1968.

‘I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear’. Martin Luther King Jr.
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‘The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.’

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William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.  He is often called England’s national poet and the ‘Bard of Avon’ (or simply ‘the Bard’).

Defintion of the word ‘Bard’.

A bard is a poet, especially one who writes or recites epic or heroic poems. This is the most common and literary meaning of the word. 

A bard is also a term for a professional poet-singer or minstrel in ancient Celtic cultures, who was employed by a patron to praise their deeds and ancestors, and to preserve historical and traditional knowledge in verse. 

The ‘bards’ were highly respected and influential in Gaelic and Welsh societies, and their poems were often accompanied by musical instruments such as the harp.