Nazi trials

"It was a reminder of how 20th century history marched through the lives of perpetrators and victims--and that we all always have choices, and make them."

True, but what choices do the victims have?

Christo's ephemeral art

It's about exploiting "the incredible chemistry of humans" from all walks of life, each member of the team focusing energy "on something that does not exist"--the point where it does.

Article in the NYT about the floating walkway in San Paolo at Monte Isola

Goals and direction

We skate to where the puck is going.

Wayne Gretsky

Dominic McGreal to his childen

You are not fully dressed until you put a smile on your face.

Quoted by Roy McGreal, March 9, 2015

First woman member of the legislative assembly 1918

In Vancouver, women won the vote in 1917. In 1918, Mary Ellen Smith was elected the first woman member of the legislative assembly (MLA).  The actress who personified her on our tour of the Parliament Building in Victoria quoted her saying, "Without economy, none can be rich; with it, none can be poor."

Jack Rosenthal on writing

In the end, writing--no matter how conversational the style--is writing. That means it is permanent. In speech, to be casual is to  be friendly. In writing, to follow the rules is to be clear

To 'talk it over' means to weigh and test; to put something into 'black and white' means to decide, to freeze the thought. Spoken English may soften the strictures of written English, but the need for rules endures. There's a time to say 'well, kind of' and a time for writing to right wrongs.

--Jack Rosenthal, principal editor of the Kerner Report on the 1967 racial riots after MLK's assassination,  quoted remarks on the 150th anniversary of The New York Times, in his obituary 8/25/2017, NYT