Dana Zátopková (19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020)
As the fine incorruptible gentlemen of the International Olympic Comitee would not allow to embed this video, here the link:
And here's a fine article about Emil Zatopek and Dana Zatopkova: how a husband-and-wife team won four Olympic gold medals at the 1952 Games.
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| For Booklovers |
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| I envy you ... Like you, I would have liked to write a book ... Just the feeling of standing out from the crowd ... |
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Once again I feel relieved that Fortune favours fools, or as a German saying goes, "Die dümmsten Bauern ernten die größten Kartoffeln." / "The dumbest farmers harvest the biggest potatoes". Sometimes a saying can be a great comfort. |
In a few minutes it will be August. And only a few minutes ago I became aware of it is the last Sunday in July. Phew. 37 years ago on such a Sunday I climbed Croagh Patrick on my bare feet, one week after this agnostic had "made" Station Island, and thus kept a second promise I had given to myself. Lovely remembrance.
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Alfred Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998)
Iva Bittová *22 July 1958
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| I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it. |
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| Civilizations * “What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?” |
