Laura Moncur 08.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"I?ve decided that the key to happiness is low expectations."


Rosie O'Donnell 08.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"It's going to come true like you knew it, but it's not going to feel like you think."


Barack Obama 07.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair./ The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there./ There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem./ But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years ? block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand."


Heidi Wills 07.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief."


Hyman Rickover 05.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."


Lydia M. Child 04.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."


Endangered plants you'll likely never see 02.09.2010 , Christian Science Monitor - Arts'Losing Paradise,' a new botanical art exhibition of 44 rare species, illustrates the art form's enduring value – even in this age of digital.



Marlo Thomas 01.09.2010 , Motivational Quotations"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man."


Holly Lisle 31.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense."


Inspired Minds: One to One with theatre director Irina Brook 30.08.2010 , Inspired MindsThe first play Irina Brook directed was Richard Kalinoski’s "Beast on the Moon."The production won six prestigious Moliere awards in Paris and opened the door to ten years of non-stop directing all over the world for Brook. Irina Brook was born in Paris. Her father is the renowned theatre director Peter Brook, and her mother is the actress Natasha Parry. Irina studied acting New York where she performed in various Off-Off Broadway productions and later returning to Europe to continued her work in Paris and London.Among the plays Irina Brook has directed to date are: The Glass Menagerie, Romeo & Juliette, The Good Person of Szechuan, The Island Of Slaves as well as several opera productions. In 2003 she established her Paris-based theater company, “Compagnie Irina Brook.” Indeed the French government has awarded her the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In this week’s Inspired Minds Irina Brook talks to Breandáin O’Shea about the tricky art of translating Shakespeare into French, her move from the stage to the director’s chair and having her director Dad drop in on her productions.
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Storm Jameson 30.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."


Horace 30.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"If you wish me to weep, you must mourn first yourself."


Anne Frank 30.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."


Antoine de Saint-Exupery 30.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."


Maya Angelou 25.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again."


Inspired Minds: One to One with violist Tabea Zimmermann 23.08.2010 , Inspired MindsAs one of the most renowned musicians of our time, Tabea Zimmermann has inspired many contemporary composers to write for the viola and introduced many new works into the standard concert and chamber music repertoire. She has appeared as a soloist all over the world and recently established her own string quartet - the Arcanto Quartet.Tabea Zimmermann studied with Ulrich Koch at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and subsequently with Sandor Vegh at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Following her studies, she received several awards at international competitions, amongst them first prizes at the 1982 Geneva International Competition and the 1984 Budapest International Competition.Numerous CD recordings document Zimmermann's versatility, amongst them works by Bartok, Brahms, Bruch, Britten, Hindemith, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In this week’s Inspired Minds Tabea Zimmermann talks to Breandáin O’Shea about how chamber music occupies a special place in her life, her admiration for Bartok’s Viola Concerto and how her playing two spoons endlessly finally convinced her parents to let her have viola lessons.
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Vidal Sassoon 22.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary."


Sir William Osler 22.08.2010 , Motivational Quotations"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition."

