Friday, June 10, 2011

[1895 - Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Wichita, Kansas]

[1898 - US Marines land and capture Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]

   
[1903 - Clyde Beatty, lion tamer, animal trainer, circus impresario, born in Bainbridge, Ohio]

      
[1901 - Frederick Loewe, Oscar-winning composer, born in Vienna, Austria]

   
[1908 - Robert Cummings, Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Joplin, Missouri]

      
[1910 - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), blues musician, born in White Station, Mississippi]

   
[1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright, born in London]

   
[1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate writer, born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada]

           
[1922 - Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], actress, singer, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota]

   
[1926 - Lionel Jeffries, actor, director, screenwriter, born in London]

[1935 - Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson found Alcoholics Anonymous]

Self-discipline

Disciplining the body is straightforward, but difficult;
Disciplining the mind is considerably harder, but doable,
Disciplining the heart is, fortunately, impossible.

William's Whimsical Words:

Too much discipline is as bad as too little.

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