“So you can’t dance?
Not at all?
Not even one step?
How can you say that you’ve taken any trouble to live when you won’t even try to dance?”
"Dance is music made visible.”
“Dance is the world’s most famous metaphor.”
“Dance is silent poetry.”
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”
“Nothing is more revealing than dancing.”
“Dancing is dreaming with your feet.”
“Dance to express, not to impress.”
“All it takes is to convince your mind to move your feet.”
“No one can arrive from being talent alone. God gives talent, work transgresses talent.”
“Everyone can dance. The only way to do it, is to believe in yourself and do it!”
"May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman"
"Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion." - Martha Graham
“Dance is a poem of which each movement is a word”
“There are short-cuts to happiness, and dance is one of them”
“To dance is to give oneself up to the rhythms of all life”
“Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in everything you do.”
“Dance first, think later, it’s the natural order.”
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart”
“Dance is the soul of life, the heart of creativity”
“Dance is so important in the world. It needs no language. Our bodies speak a language of its own.”
“Dance isn’t something that can be explained in words; it has to be danced.”
“To touch, to move, to inspire- this is the true gift of dance.”
“Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.”
Friday 23 May 2008
Monday 12 May 2008
Being Scottish
Being Scottish is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or, a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
And the most Scottish thing of all? Suspicion of all things foreign.
Only in Scotland can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Scotland do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Sotland do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.
Only in Scotland do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Scotland do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Scotland are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink...
NOT TO MENTION..
3 Scots die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142 Scots were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58 Scots are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.
31 Scots have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the
fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Scots have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
decorations were chocolate.
Scottish Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after Xmas
cracker-pulling accidents.
18 Scots had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Scots were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth.
5 Scots were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control
Scalextric cars.
and finally...
In 2000 eight Scots were admitted to hospital with fractured skulls
incurred whilst throwing up into the toilet.
SCOTLAND - Love it, or Leave it!
And the most Scottish thing of all? Suspicion of all things foreign.
Only in Scotland can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Scotland do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Sotland do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.
Only in Scotland do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Scotland do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Scotland are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink...
NOT TO MENTION..
3 Scots die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142 Scots were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58 Scots are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.
31 Scots have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the
fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Scots have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
decorations were chocolate.
Scottish Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after Xmas
cracker-pulling accidents.
18 Scots had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Scots were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth.
5 Scots were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control
Scalextric cars.
and finally...
In 2000 eight Scots were admitted to hospital with fractured skulls
incurred whilst throwing up into the toilet.
SCOTLAND - Love it, or Leave it!
Thursday 8 May 2008
Coincidences
This was written by my Grandmother for a magazine article:
..I'm alone in the cafe, enjoying an americano, and vaguely musing about coincidence - which Wikipedia defines as "the noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances without an obvious causal connection." Whatever they are, coincidences seem to have occurred so frequently in my life that they seem to be normal events.
I remember one or two in particular ... The aunt who enquired of Hamish (my first husband) "Tell me, Hamish, where is Ian (his brother)? "He's in Canada", Hamish replied. "Oh, I have a young friend in Canada too, said my aunt. I'll go and find his address." Hamish and I smiled broadly at each other as we waited. It transpired that her young friend not only lived in 0ttawa,as Ian did, but in the same apartment block. In fact they were already great friends.
My son was born on his late grandmother's birthday. Hamish phoned Ian in Ottawa with the news. Ian relayed these tidings to everyone at the party that he and his wife Therese were holding at that moment. One of the guests pricked up his ears. "Hamish Cameron, you say? Your brother?" It transpired that the guest had been the trade commissioner in Lahore when we lived there, and had hosted our farewell party.
When I met Alastair, neither of us realised that my grandmother's cousin had been Principal of Glasgow University immediately before Alastair's father. In fact, had Robert Rait not died unexpectedly early, in office, Hector Hetherington would never have been called back to Glasgow from Liverpool - and many people's lives would have been completely different.
These are only a few of what have seemed to be remarkable coincidences in my life - there have been many more. (My train of thought today began because my granddaughter has found a house to share with her student friends next year, in Dundee. It's in the road where my mother was born and brought up.)
Perhaps the most significant coincidence of my life is that my parents chanced to meet at all ... if not, where would I be now? Indeed, without coincidence where would any of us be now?
..I'm alone in the cafe, enjoying an americano, and vaguely musing about coincidence - which Wikipedia defines as "the noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances without an obvious causal connection." Whatever they are, coincidences seem to have occurred so frequently in my life that they seem to be normal events.
I remember one or two in particular ... The aunt who enquired of Hamish (my first husband) "Tell me, Hamish, where is Ian (his brother)? "He's in Canada", Hamish replied. "Oh, I have a young friend in Canada too, said my aunt. I'll go and find his address." Hamish and I smiled broadly at each other as we waited. It transpired that her young friend not only lived in 0ttawa,as Ian did, but in the same apartment block. In fact they were already great friends.
My son was born on his late grandmother's birthday. Hamish phoned Ian in Ottawa with the news. Ian relayed these tidings to everyone at the party that he and his wife Therese were holding at that moment. One of the guests pricked up his ears. "Hamish Cameron, you say? Your brother?" It transpired that the guest had been the trade commissioner in Lahore when we lived there, and had hosted our farewell party.
When I met Alastair, neither of us realised that my grandmother's cousin had been Principal of Glasgow University immediately before Alastair's father. In fact, had Robert Rait not died unexpectedly early, in office, Hector Hetherington would never have been called back to Glasgow from Liverpool - and many people's lives would have been completely different.
These are only a few of what have seemed to be remarkable coincidences in my life - there have been many more. (My train of thought today began because my granddaughter has found a house to share with her student friends next year, in Dundee. It's in the road where my mother was born and brought up.)
Perhaps the most significant coincidence of my life is that my parents chanced to meet at all ... if not, where would I be now? Indeed, without coincidence where would any of us be now?
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