{"id":25569,"date":"2023-06-09T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=25569"},"modified":"2023-06-09T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:14:30","slug":"mr-charles-dickens-mr-claude-leveillee-and-donald-duck-three-giants-of-literature-music-and-walt-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/06\/09\/mr-charles-dickens-mr-claude-leveillee-and-donald-duck-three-giants-of-literature-music-and-walt-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Claude L\u00e9veill\u00e9e, and… Donald Duck: three giants of literature, music, and Walt Disney!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bravo and thanks to all the inspirational, real and fictional, characters in history!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Each day, around the world, so many people die and so many others are born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like today, June 9 but in 1870, eternally famous English writer and social critic Mr. Charles Dickens died (https:\/\/t.ly\/tJ_Z<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, on this same day of June 9, but in 2011, Canadian singer, pianist, and actor Claude L\u00e9veill\u00e9e died in Qu\u00e9bec in Saint-Benoit-de-Mirabel. Of note, he was born on October 16, 1932 in Montr\u00e9al [interestingly, one of Bambi’s nephews was also on the same day and in the same city. “Coucou” Nicolas :)]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honour the three characters feautured in this post, Bambi will first start with some of Dickens’ inspirational quotes. The last one tells us how much this author appreciated humour and laughter, which will bring us straight to a little musical tribute to the uniquely cute Mr. Donald Duck. Guess why? Well, he happens to have been born on June 9, precisely 89 years ago (https:\/\/t.ly\/da9o<\/a>). Happy Birthday to him! Last but not least, this post will end by sharing two of L\u00e9veill\u00e9e’s songs. The first one is called “Mon Pays”<\/em> [My Countr<\/em>y] and it is subtitled in English. The second one is a superb love song called Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric followed by an English translation of its lyrics (https:\/\/t.ly\/76nHm<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a lovely June 9 (or evening) everyone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Dickens<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most important thing in life is to stop saying, \u2018I wish\u2019 and start\nsaying, \u2018I will\u2019. Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as\nprobabilities\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year\u201d.

\u201cThere are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts\u201d.

<\/strong>\u201cThe pain of parting is nothing\nto the joy of meeting again\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was the best of times, it was the worst of\ntimes\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me\nto understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but \u2013 I\nhope -into a better shape\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a\ntouch that never hurts\u201d.
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\n<\/strong>“I cannot stop some dreadful things I try to stop, but I go on in the hope and trust that the time will come.”<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The kindness of people is enough to break one’s heart”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Duck<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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