[bksvol-discuss] Re: Happy Thanksgiving
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:03:03 -0800
I echo Lori's post from beginning to end.
Cindy
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Thank you, Brenda. The quotations were marvelous!
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> Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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> Lori C.
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> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Brenda Hendricksen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:14 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Happy Thanksgiving
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> *Dear Bookshare Volunteers*,
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> How could we let Thanksgiving come and go without acknowledging the
> wonderful work you are all doing? I continue to be amazed at the volume
> and quality of books that are added to the Bookshare collection each month
> by our committed volunteers. As we continue to reach out to new
> volunteers, I appreciate the continued support of our experienced scanners
> and proofers who willingly share their wisdom and expertise with those who
> are just getting started. We could not keep pace with the needs of our
> readers if not for all of your involvement.
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> On behalf of the entire Bookshare team, I wish you and yours a Happy
> Thanksgiving! For your reading pleasure, I close with some Thanksgiving
> thoughts shared by various well-known authors. Enjoy!
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> Warmest regards,
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> Brenda
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> · *Anne Frank* – "I do not think of all the misery, but of the
> glory that remains. Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out
> and seek happiness … Think of the beauty that again and again discharges
> itself within and without you and be happy."
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> · *Ralph Waldo Emerson* – "I awoke this morning with devout
> thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new."
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> · *E.P. Powell* – "Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the
> hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and
> leave out the gratitude."
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> · *Jayne Austen* – “Give us a thankful sense of the blessings in
> which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to
> lose them by discontent or indifference.”
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> · *O Henry* – "There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is
> the one day that is purely American."
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> · Cicero – "A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but
> the parent of all the other virtues."
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> · *John Greenleaf Whittier*, "The Pumpkin" –
> “Ah on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
> From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,
> When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
> The old broken links of affection restored,
> When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
> And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.
> What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?
> What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?"
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> · *Erma Bombech* – Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to
> prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve
> minutes. This is not
> coincidence.<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/ermabombec105764.html>
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> · *Epictetus* – "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the
> things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
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> · *Oprah Winfrey* – Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up
> having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never,
> ever have
> enough.<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/oprahwinfr163087.html>
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> · *John Henry Jowett* – "Life without thankfulness is devoid of
> love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception.
> Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue
> divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road."
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> · *Alexander Pope* –
> "Our rural ancestors, with little blest,
> Patient of labour when the end was rest,
> Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
> With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain."
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> · *Ellen Degeneres* – "I'm at that place where it's like, 'I
> can't get any more goodness in my life.' ... I feel blessed every second. I
> go to bed feeling blessed, and I wake up feeling blessed."
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> · *Irving Berlin* – "Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd
> like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at
> night."
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> Happy Thanksgiving!
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> Brenda Hendricksen
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> Volunteer Program Manager
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> 480 S. California Avenue, Suite 201
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> Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
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> 650-352-0087
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> brendah@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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