1.  Perhaps he is such an excellent artist because he paints—he studied classical painting techniques at Académie des Beaux-Arts—and sculpting in marble and bronze.

2. The essence of joy is this: to greet each day as if it were your last, to love, and to be laughing.

3.  I would like everyone to recognize that all people have the aptitude to take control of their own destinies and for the successes life will bring.

1. His skill as a batter allowed the team to use him as an infielder and he was a pinch hitter when needed.

2. It was a varied and eclectic curriculum. In the same day, students might learn about traveling to Antarctica with the doomed Scott expedition and about programming for the latest supercomputers using specialized computer languages.

3. The car engines rev, and you can hear the crowd roaring in the stands. The visceral excitement of the race is why NASCAR is such a popular sport.

4. Being able to walk out into the backyard and pick a fresh orange off a tree is like a person being given a precious gift from Mother Nature herself.

5. The machines deafening us with their cacophony of noise and the PA system blaring out its incomprehensible racket made standing in the manufacturing area without ear protection impossible.