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Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history. Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears. They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations. This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them. To whom were they said or written? What was their intended effect and on whom? What was the originator thinking? Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!
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Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Gander, Newfoundland was the site of one of the greatest collective acts of kindness of which I know. On September 11, 2001, nearly 7,000 passengers and crew members landed in that small town of only 10,000 residents as American airspace shut down following the terrorist attacks of that day. What followed was nearly a week of around the clock creative acts of kindness to house, feed, care for, and console them all. The citizens of Gander are the subject of Jim's book The Day the World Came to Town and also the topic of today's fantastic quote derived from it.
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