New York, NY…A Bit of Wisdom from Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” ~ Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 “A life is not important except […]
Hyde Park, NY…A Few Bits of Wisdom from FDR on His Birthday. In looking at FDR’s life whether you are a fan of him our not the man that was FDR after polio was a much better, tougher & wiser man than the one who had two strong legs. “The only thing we have to […]
New York, NY…From the NYPD…”A sea of blue lined Fifth Avenue shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow first responders from around the country as we rendered a final salute to Detective Jason Rivera. With tears in our eyes we bid farewell and make a solemn vow to #NeverForget his legacy and sacrifice to this city.”
“Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.” Douglas MacArthur, 26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.” ~ Steve Roland “Pre” Prefontaine, January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975
“God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.” ~ Robert Burns, 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement regarding the death of Elk Grove Police Department Officer Tyler “Ty” Lenehan: “Jennifer and I join all the family, friends and Elk Grove Police Department colleagues mourning the tragic loss of Officer Lenehan, who devoted his life to protecting his country and community. We are grateful […]
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965
“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” ~ Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer, 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have […]
Washington, DC…The Biden Administration is Buying One Billion Tests to Give to Americans for Free; Online Ordering of a Half-Billion Tests Begins on January 19th; Builds on Significant Actions to Expand Testing Capacity and Increase Access to Free Testing. Testing is an important tool to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Public health experts and […]
