Fede's Ponderings

Just a girl figuring out her place in the world

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  • Whether you think you can or you think you can’t…

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    “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

    “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.” – Voltaire

    “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

    “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa

    “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • Non si è mai troppo vecchi per fissare un nuovo obiettivo o per sognare un nuovo sogno…

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    “Non si è mai troppo vecchi per fissare un nuovo obiettivo o per sognare un nuovo sogno.” – C.S. Lewis

    “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis

    “Non rinunciare a provare a fare ciò che vuoi veramente fare. Dove c’è amore e ispirazione, non credo che si possa sbagliare.” – Ella Fitzgerald

    “Don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t believe you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald

    “Prima ti ignorano, poi ti deridono, poi ti combattono. Poi vinci.” – Mahatma Gandhi

    “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • At the end of the day…

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    “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo

    “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” – Jane Goodall

    “Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.” – Junko Tabei

    “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

    “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • Let us pick up our books and our pens…

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    “Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.” – Malala Yousafzai

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    “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis

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    “Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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    “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time…

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    “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

    “We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.” – Barack Obama

    “Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.” – Barack Obama

    “If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.” – Barack Obama

    “Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.” – Barack Obama

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • La più grande gloria nella vita non sta nel non cadere mai…

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    “La più grande gloria nella vita non sta nel non cadere mai, ma nel rialzarsi ogni volta che si cade”. – Nelson Mandela

    “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

    “Se vuoi vivere una vita felice, legala a un obiettivo, non a persone o cose”. – Albert Einstein

    “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

    “Il modo migliore per prevedere il futuro è inventarlo”. – Alan Kay

    “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

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    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • Revolutionary women who’ve changed the world forever

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    Today is the International Day for Women, and Girls in Science. I’d like to take a moment to share a few of the many amazing scientists that have improved our world in countless ways.

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    Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician, and is known as the first computer programmer.

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    Patricia Bath was an African-American ophthalmologist. She’s known for being the first Black female doctor to receive a medical patent, and for inventing the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment.

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    Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist who made contributions in particle, and nuclear physics. She worked on the Manhattan Project, and is known for conducting the Wu experiment.

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    Jane Goodall was an English primatologist, and anthropologist. She’s known as “the world’s preeminent chimpanzee expert” for having done six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees.

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • A home I yearn for

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    Daily writing prompt
    Write about your dream home.
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    The beauty of nature has always beckoned me forth. I’ve never longed for a mansion with vast, open spaces, or even a studio in a high rise apartment building in a busy metropolis. No. For as long as I can remember, I’ve yearned for a simple life, a quaint cottage in the country where I could raise my animals, and enjoy my loved one’s company while basking in the gorgeous views surrounding us.

  • Heart

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    “In my most fond memories, you are at the heart,

    There’ll never be a day that passes, where I wish we were apart,

    Decades have passed, yet our bond remains unshakeable,

    We’ll always be family, a love like ours is unbreakable.”

    This poem has four verses, and an aabb rhyme scheme.

    Today, I’ll leave you with this quote:

    “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach

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    Thank you for reading. Take care. I hope to see you again soon.

    Grazie per aver letto questo. Prendersi cura di se stessi. A Presto.

    Faleminderit që e lexuat këtë. Kujdesuni për veten. Shihemi së shpejti.

  • Courageous acts build the habit of courage…

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    Marie Maynard Daly was an African American biochemist. She was born on the 16th of April 1921 in Queens, New York, U.S., and died on the 28th of October 2003 in New York City, New York, U.S. She’s known for her contributions on histones, protein synthesis, cholesterol, and hypertension.

    Britannica defines biochemistry as study of the chemical substances and processes that occur in plants, animals, and microorganisms and of the changes they undergo during development and life.

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    “Education is the key to breaking cycles.” – Marie M. Daly

    • Marie was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and the first to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.
    • For 2 years, she served as a member of the New York Academy of science.
    • In St. Albans, New York, they renamed a school in her honor, “The Dr. Marie M. Daly Academy of Excellence”.

    “Courageous acts build the habit of courage.” – Marie M. Daly

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