http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) "People say I can't sing, but they can't say I didn't sing!" Sometimes fame and fortune goes to our head. We think people around us who appear happy laughing away actually laugh with us. We believe we have such an aura that draws us to our wit and charisma. We think we have that innate charm to seduce people to yearn to be in our presence. We believe that they are having such a good time, laughing with us at our jokes. The truth, however, may be far from that. They may actually be laughing AT us! I heard a podcast recently of a lady in the early twentieth century who refused to accept her inadequacies of being an operatic singer. Since she was young, she had been interested in being a singer. Seeing her lack of aptitude, her father denied her of her wish. Luck came to Ms Jenkins in the form of a handsome inheritance after her parents separated and her mother sub...
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