This book is an anthology of 167 quotes from Helen Keller and 67 selected facts about Helen Keller. A very healthy baby, Helen was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to retired army Captain Arthur Keller and his second wife, Kate. Her father, Arthur H. Keller, had served as a captain for the Confederate Army. Her paternal grandmother was the second cousin of Robert E. Lee. Her mother, Kate Adams, was the daughter of Charles W. Adams, who fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, earning the rank of colonel and acting brigadier-general. Her paternal lineage was traced to Casper Keller, a native of Switzerland. One of Helen’s Swiss ancestors was the first teacher for the deaf in Zurich. Helen Keller had her eyes replaced with glass eyes when she was 30. Helen Keller learned German, Latin, Greek, and French before she graduated from Radcliffe College. Helen Keller helped promote the use of Braille among blind people. In 1902, Helen Keller became the first person who was deaf and blind to write a book. Her autobiography, The Story of My Life, was the first of 14 books she wrote in her lifetime. “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” “Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.” “A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.” “A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” “While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.” “You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail.”
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Grace Kelly: Quotes & Facts
This book is an anthology of 50 quotes from Grace Kelly and 120 selected facts about Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly served on the board of directors of Fox. Grace Kelly was a registered Democrat and her family was close friends with Franklin D. Roosevelt during his administration. Grace Kelly was a Girl Scout. Aristotle Onassis gave Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace “Deo Juvante II”, a 147-foot yacht, as a wedding present. The couple traveled around the Mediterranean on the yacht for their honeymoon. Grace’s favorite flowers were roses. After her death, Prince Rainier of Monaco opened a public rose garden in Monaco. I never say “never,” and I never say “always.” The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale. Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. Fairy tales tell imaginary stories. Me, I’m a living person. I exist. If the story of my life as a real woman were to be told one day, people would at last discover the real being that I am.
The Dog Lover’s Digest: Quotes, Facts, and Other Paw-sitively Adorable Words of Wisdom
Dogs can be boisterous, obedient, loyal, and downright lazy! This book, which brings together stories, tips, trivia, quotations, and poetry celebrating all the fascinating features of the dog, is for anyone whose tail starts wagging at the thought of relaxing with a good read and a warm, cuddly canine at their feet.
The Great Little Book of Fun Things You Probably Don’t Know About Ireland: Unusual facts, quotes, news items, proverbs and more about the Irish world, old and new (Inner Ireland) (Volume 2)
An entertaining collection of facts, trivia and stories about Irish and Celtic culture. With offbeat stories taken from the Irish media, surprising modern facts, Ireland’s most eccentric traditions, as well as stories on Celtic Knots, Strawboys and more. New expanded edition for 2014!
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