Theodore Roosevelt, then U.S. Vice President, delivered a speech at the
Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901 in which included the famous phrase…”Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”. He was referring
to the idea of negotiating peacefully, but carry a “big stick”, or the military, for
political power. The speech was made twelve days before the assassination
of President William McKinley, which subsequently thrust Roosevelt into  
the Presidency.

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor who is probably best known for
his roles in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), Speed (1994), Point Break
(1991), and the 1999 groundbreaking science fiction action film The Matrix. In
addition to his film roles, Reeves has also performed in theatre. On January 31,
2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan, spent
a total of six weeks, non-consecutively, at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart and the Easy Listening chart. In Casey Kasem’s American ‘Top 40 of the
1970s’, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth most-popular song of the
decade. Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” was #1.

Gilbert O’Sullivan today