"In a world deluged by irrelevant info clarity is power."
~ Yuval Noah Harari
...takes longer than
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
-Douglas Hofstadter, professor of cognitive science (b. 15 Feb 1945)
...place of birth
I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth.
-Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (1685-1750)
Own reasons...
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.
-Alice Walker, poet and novelist (b. 9 Feb 1944)
Let it World America
Let America be America again. /
Let it be the dream it used to be. ... /
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - /
Let it be that great strong land of love /
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme /
That any man be crushed by one above.
Let it be the dream it used to be. ... /
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - /
Let it be that great strong land of love /
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme /
That any man be crushed by one above.
-Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1902-1967)
..gets to be a drag
Jobs are like going to church: it's nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unless you really believe there's something holy going on, it gets to be a drag going in every single week.
-Thomas Michael Disch, science fiction author and poet (1940-2008)
without ____ is...
Life without industry is guilt, industry without art is brutality.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
...divided into 2
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.
-Walter Bagehot, journalist and businessman (1826-1877)
unknown & unseen
The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives.
-Florence Luscomb, architect and suffragist (1887-1985)
-Florence Luscomb, architect and suffragist (1887-1985)
...free man?
A hungry man is not a free man.
-Adlai Stevenson II, lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1900-1965)
Sum of small efforts
"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out." ~ Robert Collier |
...the narrow prejudices
I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us.
-Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)
-Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)
..because your goal demands
Leaders Are Warriors
- "It's about being a warrior… This is your path and you will pursue it with excellence. You face your fear because your goal demands it."
...step up
There Is A Fine Line Between Success And Failure
- "It's just two tiny points of contact that keep you from falling. And when you step up there's only one."
- "It's just two tiny points of contact that keep you from falling. And when you step up there's only one."
...love a changed person
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
-William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)
...step outside their fear
Leaders Step Outside Their Fear
- "You're not controlling your fear. You're stepping outside of it."
...doing what they love
Leaders Are The Ones Earning A Living Doing What They Love
- "It's the best thing in life to take the one thing you love most and have it work out so that you can make a living that way."
- "It's the best thing in life to take the one thing you love most and have it work out so that you can make a living that way."
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