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Newsletter 10 : 22 december 2008

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Kay and Jeremy wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.


Special holiday philosopher of the week

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. [Washington DC, 5 Aug 2004]

The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th  [Washington DC, 12 July 2007]

George W Bush illustrates the creative use of the Freudian slip.


Book of the week

The uses of enchantment  Bruno Bettelheim

How fairy stories teach children psychological truths.  Why the author hates the term ‘fairy stories’.  Why the Disneyfication of fairy stories destroys their power.  (Interestingly, recent productions of ‘fairy tale’ operas and plays, eg Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel have been criticised for their allegedly gruesome productions.)


Festive season quotation of the week

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.
Shirley Temple . child actress


Exciting Christmas puzzle of the week

’Nuff said


Contributions always gratefully received.

If you have been, thank you for reading this
Kay and Jeremy


emotional intelligence at work

associates  Jeremy Marchant, Kay McMahon

Compiled by Jeremy Marchant . added 28 march 2015 . image:  screen grab

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