Regrets are about bad choices. Not bad things that happened to me, or the way that life has punched me in the face. Regret is my deep sorrow about something I did, and/or failed to do. It is the anger at myself for having had enough experience/infromation to have made the right decision, but I ...
2000-07-06 Warsaw, Poland / The Pianist / Der Pianist / O Pianista / El Pianista
Władysław Szpilman and his family were forced to move into a 'Jewish quarter' – the Warsaw Ghetto – on 31 October 1940. Szpilman managed to find work as a musician to support his family, which included his mother, father, brother Henryk, and two sisters, Regina and Halina. He first worked at the Nowoczesna Cafe, where the patrons sometimes ignored his playing in ...
1971-07-03 Paris, France / This is the End / Das ist das Ende / Este é o Fim / Esto es el Fin
His poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, wild personality, performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounded his life and early death. Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. To this day Morrison is widely regarded as the prototypical rock star: surly, sexy, scandalous, mysterious. Morrison was particularly inspired by ...
1961-07-02 Ketchum, USA / For whom the bell Tolls / Wem die Stunde Schlägt / Por quem os sinos Dobram / Por quién doblan las Campanas
Hemingway arrived home in Ketchum on June 30, and he deliberately shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961. He had unlocked the basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the front entrance foyer, and shot himself with the double-barreled shotgun that he had used so ...
2004-07-01 Los Angeles, USA / Bad Boy / Böser Junge / Menino Mau / Chico Malo
Brando earned a reputation as a 'Bad Boy' for his public outbursts and antics. Brando had no code, only his instincts. He was the gangster leader and the outla . He was antisocial because he knew Society was crap; he was a hero to youth because he was strong enough not to take the crap. At the 1973 Academy ...
2015-07-01 Slough, England / Children’s Transport / Kindertransport / Transporte de Crianças / Transporte de Niños
On 15 November 1938, five days after the devastation of 'Kristallnacht' in Germany, a delegation of British, Jewish, and Quaker leaders appealed, in person, to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain. Among other measures, they requested that the British government permit the temporary admission of unaccompanied Jewish children, without their parents. The Cabinet debated the issue the ...
2003-06-29 Fenwick, USA / My own single Self / Mein eigenes Ich / Meu próprio Eu / Mi propio Yo
As a child, Hepburn joined her mother on several 'Votes For Women' demonstrations. The Hepburn children were raised to exercise freedom of speech and encouraged to think and debate on any topic. Hepburn said she realized from a young age that she was the product of two very remarkable parents, and credited her enormously lucky upbringing with ...
Because I am Crazy / Weil ich verrückt Bin / Porque eu sou Louco / Porque estoy Loco
I am still inspired quite often by old and shitty ideas that I used to have about life when I was a little boy. Ideas that I never thought would be within my grasp as well, because I was either high or drunk. It is eye-opening when you realize that your mental illness is something that ...
2008-06-22 Santa Monica, USA / Shit is a powerful Word / Scheiße ist ein starkes Wort / Merda é uma palavra Poderosa / Mierda es una palabra Poderosa
Shit is a powerful word. Just think of all theconcepts and ideas you can communicate with it. Shitmay just be the most powerful word in the English language.Consider: You can be shit faced, be shit out of luck,or have shit for brains. With a little effort youcan get your shit together, find a place for ...
2018-06-19 Woodside, USA / Last message to Humanity / Letzte Botschaft an die Menschheit / Ultima mensagem para a Humanidade / Ultimo mensaje a la Humanidad
Climate change is going to end Human civilization for good, and so soon that you may as well not bother saving for retirement. You have put the World in this emergency and you must be the one to solve the problem. You are not preparing a future for your children and grandchildren. You must address this global ...
1982-06-10 Munich, Germany / Love is colder than Death / Liebe ist kälter als der Tod / O amor é mais frio que a Morte / El amor es más frío que la Muerte
Love is challenging, draining, and destructive. Love is confusing. Love is addictive. Love is consuming. Love is disappointing. Love is arguing, fighting, disagreeing. Love is frustration. Love is rebuilding. Love is debilitating. Love is distracting. Love is looking at your defects. Love is denying feelings. Love is being left in the dark. Love is unmet expectations. Love ...
1997-06-09 Düsseldorf, Germany / Beachball / Strandball / Bola de Praia / Pelota de Playa
Andry Nalin was born May 14th of 1969 in the beginning of the seventies in Düsseldorf, Germany. After living in a smaller village he returned to the city in 1991. Still known for their leading electronic pioneers Kraftwerk the local scene discovered the early beginnings of Techno music. Andry Nalin started working in a record-store ...
Sail to Nirvana / Nach Nirvana Segeln / Velejar para o Nirvana / Navegar a Nirvana
I move about this World searching for everything and nothing in particular. I have nowhere I have to be except for right here. I long to be exactly right here. Everywhere and nowhere. An adventurer, constantly on the move. Trying to find a part of myself that I feel I need to discover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7URn0s1nXs Inner peace, purpose or fulfilment. I ...
2004-06-05 Los Angeles, USA / Whatever they call You / Wie auch immer sie Dich Nennen / O que eles chamam de Você / Como sea que te Llamen
Ronald Reagan was known to joke frequently during his lifetime, displayed humor throughout his presidency. His numerous jokes and one-liners have been labeled classic and legendary. Among the most notable of his jokes was one regarding the Cold War. As a microphone test in preparation for his weekly radio address in August 1984, he made the following joke: My fellow Americans, ...
2009-06-03 Bangkok, Thailand / I am gonna kill Bill / Ich werde Bill Töten / Eu vou matar o Bill / Voy a matar a Bill
Looked dead, didn't I? Well, I wasn't, but it wasn't for lack of trying I can tell you that. Actually, Bill's last bullet put me in a coma, a coma I was to lie in for four years. When I woke up, I went on what the movie advertisements referred to as a roaring rampage ...
1998-05-26 Sidney, Australia / Sorry Day / Tag der Entschuldigung / Dia de Desculpas / Día de Perdón
At least 100,000 children were separated, were removed from their families, from their parents in the period between approximately 1905 and 1967. Aboriginal children were removed over six decades. Removed children were, in most cases, placed into institutional facilities operated by religious or charitable organisations. Children were trained to be assimilated to Anglo-Australian culture. Policies ...
2013-05-20 Saint Paul, USA / My last Days / Meine letzten Tage / Meus últimos Dias / Mis ultimos Dias
You think about the future. You do it pretty freely - Where will you be in five years? What will your children look like? What stories will you tell your grandkids? You are confident that you will get to live all of those milestones moments in your life. Your days are limited. There are those in their 30's, 20's, ...
1935-05-19 Dorset, England / Nothing is Written / Nichts ist Bestimmt / Nada está Escrito / Nada esta Escrito
Do you have free will or is everything fate. There is no sense of a middle way, of some other possibility. What if life is lived in constant interaction with a complex of forces, energies, experiences and events that is so multi-dimensional and varied that it is impossible to reduce it to an either/or, a duality ...
1961-05-13 Los Angeles, USA / Do not forsake me oh my Darling / Lass mich nicht im Stich, mein Schatz / Não me abandone, oh meu Amor / No me abandones, oh mi Amor
Our entertainment-saturated Society helps feed all sorts of illusions about reality. The fantasy of the perfect romantic and sexual relationship, the perfect lifestyle, and the perfect body all prove unattainable because the reality never lives up to the expectation. The worst fallout comes in the marriage relationship. When two people can not live up to each ...
2008-05-12 Warsaw, Poland / Whoever saves one life saves the World / Wer ein Leben rettet, rettet die Welt / Quem salva uma vida salva o Mundo / Quien salva una vida salva el Mundo
The Jewish ghetto was a functioning community and to many Jews seemed the safest available place for themselves and their children. Survival on the outside was plausible only for people with access to financial resources. This calculation lost its validity in July 1942, when the Germans proceeded with the liquidation of the ghetto in Warsaw and ...
2017-05-09 Ibiza, Spain / Children / Kinder / Crianças / Niños
'Children' cost £150 to record. The song was Robert Miles ' most successful single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries. Reaching number one in more than 12 countries. Robert Miles gave two inspirations for the writing of 'Children'. One was as a response to photographs of child Yugoslav war victims that his father had brought home ...
He changed me and then he Left / Er hat mich verändert und ist dann Gegangen / Ele me mudou e então ele Saiu / Me cambió y luego se Fue
I never have the best of luck with relationships so I just have given up on trying to find someone in my life to keep me happy, until one night when everything changed. That name that I will never forget and to this day brings me happiness and sadness all at once. We started that night with ...
1987-05-03 Paris, France / Life is unbearable for Me / Das Leben ist unerträglich für Mich / A vida é insuportável para Mim / La vie m’est insupportable
While Dalida was professionally very successful, her private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. In January 1967, she took part in the Sanremo Festival with her new lover, Italian singer, songwriter, and actor Luigi Tenco. The song he presented was 'Ciao amore ciao' ('Bye Love, Bye'), which he sang together with Dalida but ...
1994-05-01 Imola, Italy / Someday you will get There / Eines Tages wirst Du es Schaffen / Um dia você chega Lá / Un día tu llegas Allí
Senna was married to Lilian de Vasconcelos Souza from 1981 until 1982. Though he did not have much of an income early in his racing career, Senna insisted on supporting his wife with no help from his father out of a sense of pride. The marriage ended in divorce. Senna then courted Adriane Yamin, daughter of an ...
2019-04-27 Natal, Brazil / 1999 Publishings / 1999 Veröffentlichungen / 1999 Publicações / 1999 Publicaciones
I was dreamin' when I wrote this -So sue me if I go too fast -But life is just a party -And parties weren't meant to last - War is all around us -My mind says prepare to fight -So if I gotta die -I'm gonna listen to my body tonight - So tonight I'm gonna ...