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The Pansy Craze was a period of increased LGBT visibility in American popular culture from the late-1920s until the mid-1930s. [1] [2] During the " craze ," drag queens — known as "pansy performers" — experienced a surge in underground popularity, especially in New York City , Chicago , Los Angeles , and San Francisco .
Isabella Macdonald Alden (nickname and pen name, Pansy; November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author.Her best known works were: Four Girls at Chautauqua, Chautauqua Girls at Home, Tip Lewis and his Lamp, Three People, Links in Rebecca's Life, Julia Ried, Ruth Erskine's Crosses, The King's Daughter, The Browning Boys, From Different Standpoints, Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening, The ...
The vision pulls you.”. — Steve Jobs. "Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." — W. Clement Stone"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon ...
The garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") [3] of the genus Viola , particularly V. tricolor , a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease .
Inspirational quotes. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”. — Serena Williams. “Your worth consists in what you are, and not ...
On life: “I think life is a whole series of opportunity costs. You know, you got to marry the best person who is convenient to find who will have you. Investment is much the same sort of a ...
venia aetatis. pardon my age. the privilege of age sometimes granted a minor under Roman or civil law, entitling the minor to the rights and liabilities of a person of full age, and resembling emancipation of minors in modern law. venturis ventis. to the coming winds. Motto of Brasília, the capital of Brazil.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Drinking lemonade is usually considered more pleasant than eating raw lemons. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade ...