“Money comes and goes, you can get better jobs, worse jobs,
good times, bad times, but the personality that develops through education,
there’s no replacement for it.”- Muhammad Cheema, university bound student
“Thought for the day: When smart people aren’t smart enough:
A key behavioral trait that holds back smart people is their
reluctance to accept an opportunity because they don’t think they’re ready for
it.”-marcandangel.com
“Passion not always route to success: Dilbert creator Scott
Adams says our views about the importance of passion are distorted because when
things are working out in an entrepreneurial effort it’s natural to be
passionate but when they aren’t, passion is drained. So don’t accept that passion leads to
success; it’s more complicated than that.”-Dilbert Blog. The Globe and Mail, Mar.4, 2013
“This is my business card.
Although it is small, it carries with it a giant promise. A promise to make things better. Before, during, and after. Because at Toyota,
we believe that if we make improvements every day, even in the smallest ways,
they will add up to great things. And
our customers will know the difference.
That’s why I will always strive to make things better.” –Toyota
business card
“What are you doing to get better at what you do?”
–Artpetty.com
“In this electric age we see ourselves being translated more
and more into the form of information, moving toward the technology extension
of consciousness.”-Marshall McLuhan (in 1964)
“A devoted reader, he wants to mirror the explorations of
his favorite writers, explore different characters, different ideas and
melodies, and for this he needs to jerk himself out of his perceived
complacency.” – Edmonton Journal writer Tom Murray about singer Del Barber
“I have moments of inspiration where I write better, but I
don’t want it to be a moment that I constantly look for. It has to be work, and like playing an
instrument if you want to be good at it you have to do it all the time. It’s like woodworking, I want to treat
songwriting that way, not as magical tradition that you have to get lucky
at. Why don’t we think of it as a trade,
and step down from the throne? Like a
journalist, who writes day-to-day; that’s what I’m into at the moment.”- singer
Del Barber
“For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I’m
surprised where the journey takes me.” –Jack Dann
“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write, and
keep on writing.”-Ken MacLeod
“When you’re doing one thing, you don’t want to do the same
thing again. You’re always looking for
the differences, and how it defines the last two years of your life and what
could be the next two years of your life.
This is a project that had been percolating in my head for many, many
years, in one form or another.” –Kevin Williamson, TV/movie writer and producer
“There is a new challenge to be found in writing
self-contained stories that when put in sequence create a large narrative. I just love the short-story form. A novel and a short story are not in the same
family. The novel is a dramatic form,
the short story a poetic one. That’s not
to say it doesn’t have a narrative- it does, it’s just the language that drives
the story. “- Caroline Adderson, Canadian novelist and short story writer
“What she is aiming to do is to take these individual
‘poems’ and organize them in such a way that reach a climax.” –Russel Smith,
Globe and Mail writer discuss about the Caroline Adderson quote
“I certainly grew up in a household where my parents decided
that disability of any kind was not going to stand in the way of pursuing our
dreams. So that was the philosophy I
grew up with. And Jason’s got that in
spades. He inspires me. When you think about all the things, small
things, that (a physical disability) can prevent you from doing- and here he is
being able to accomplish not only completing the film, but getting it into
Sundance. I’m in awe.” –Cari Green
talking about Jason DaSilva. Dasilva
made his feature documentary When I Walk
“There is no reason why something true should be sloppily or
boringly written. Many writers seem to
feel that they are ‘expressing themselves’ if they just get their feelings down
on the page, both expressing yourself is not enough.” –Katie Roiphe on good
confessional writing
“Read beyond what you want to write. So if you want to romance…read science
fiction, read classics. If you aspire to
be a literary writer… to be the next John Updike, read Harlequins.” –Yann
Martel, Life of Pi author
“ ‘Look,’ each story seems to say. ‘This is the kind of choices humans are face
with all the time; and even if people usually have fine excuses for not making
the right choice, here is what the right choice looks like.’”- Greg Hudson’s
review of the book Tenth of December by George Saunders
“It’s about leaving your home and leaving what’s safe,
trying to reach the home of your dreams; the way there can be very
uncertain. And you will never be the
same person again when you move somewhere…You will be ever changed.” –Malin
Dahlstrom of the Swedish pop duo Niki and the Dove
“I know what the theme of this movie is. Don’t die before you’re dead.”- Billy
Connolly
“Every day you get to paint on the canvas that is your
life.” –Oprah Winfrey
“Why are you here?
You’re here because you’ve been called.
Even with our sadness and victories and trials. Everything matters. It does not matter how you got here. It doesn’t matter if you were ignored,
welcome. If you are here sitting in a
seat in Edmonton, if you are
breathing, you’ve been called. Brought
from the ether, from your father’s seed.
Imaging all of them swimming, swimming.” –Oprah Winfrey at Edmonton’s
Rexall Centre on Jan. 21, 2013
“The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to
me by my failures.” –Sir H. Davy
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life:
music and cats.” –Albert Schweitzer (German-French medical missionary,
1875-1965)
“I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.” –Brian
Grazer, TV and movie producer
“This is not to say I don’t have my own passions, but
spending time immersed in someone else’s was inspiring and fun and yes,
interesting. I felt engaged and
creatively charged, and maybe even a little closer to eureka.” –Courtney Shea, Globe
and Mail writer
“If I can’t bring you anything of value then it’s not worth
doing.” –Jim Caruk
“In golf, just as in life… the best wagers are laid on
oneself.” –Bill Murray
“I feel like I'm unemployed right now. I may try to squeeze something in beforehand. I just have that mentality, strike while the iron's hot, because it could all be gone tomorrow.” -Mark Wahlberg
“I had to do some redeeming myself. The bad guy who's trying to do something good is usually the one I root for.” -Mark Wahlberg
“We seek to heal the past, and to improve the future. Our resolutions are signs of hope. Our hopeful longing for transformation is an
expression of spirituality. It is this longing
that goads us into making resolutions, and gives them meaning, even when we
think we have failed.” –Louise McEwan,
“It freaked me out. I
was afraid to let go. But with great
risk comes great reward. We always
wonder (when single), ‘Where is this person?
Oh my God, I’m lonely, what’s my future?’ But eventually you’ll meet somebody, and this
time will be gone. And you will kick
yourself for not enjoying it. For me,
that year was a great investment. It
made me realize, I’m ready for something different.” –Drew Barrymore on her
spiritual quest to India
“Anxiety is a driver for skill development, it’s a driver
for adaptability. If you’re anxious
about your test, then, for crying out loud, go and study.” –Stanley Kutcher, a
psychiatrist at Dalhousie Univeristy who specializes in anxiety among
adolescents
“He (Stanley Kutcher) suggests that the lesson not being
taught is that anxiety is a gift inherited from our ancestors to protect us
from threat and to kick-start ambition.
To fight it, we have to face it.”- Erin Anderssen about the above quote
“Think about it: There is no experience you’ve had that you
were not at the absolute center of.” -George Foster Wallace’s 2005 speech to
the graduates of Kenyon College
"I love to learn to new things and meet new people.
Languages and art are my passion, and expression is my tool. I believe
communication is the link that every idea needs to be a success and that
language can both divide and bring together the ever learning members of the
human race," -Tevinn Richards, 19.
It’s from a Yahoo article where he learned Mandarin to escape poverty.
“Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy.”-F. Scott
Fitzgerald
"A man must have a certain amount of intelligent
ignorance to get anywhere."-Charles F. Kettering
“Successful people seek out their futures from the present;
failures seek out their futures from the past.”-Li Ao, Taiwanese historian and
politician (1935-)
“Millionaires don’t have astrologers. Billionaires do.”- JP Morgan
-Leo horoscopes by Sally Brompton:
“You know what needs to be done and you know if you don’t
make a start soon the chance to change your life for the better could pass you
by. You have plenty of time to do the
things that matter- just stop doing the things that don’t!”
“There is nothing you cannot accomplish if you want it
enough and if you put both your heart and your mind into making it happen. What is your number one ambition? Do whatever it takes to realize your dream.”
“Be assured that the efforts you make, both at home and at
work, will pay off in the long-term. It
may seem as if you are putting yourself out for no gain but important changes
are taking place behind the scenes.
Don’t worry- you’ll benefit.”
“Do you follow your heart and have fun? Or do you follow your head and do what is
expected of you? Before you decide ask
yourself this: What would you choose to do if you were not under pressure from
other people? So do it.”
“What’s done is done and cannot be undone, so stop wasting
time thinking about ways you can turn back the clock. You can’t.
Learn what you can from what went before and then move purposefully
toward the future.” –(Nov.8, 2011)
“Make your plans and then make your move. Others may fear the future but you intend to
own it.”- (Dec. 4, 2012)
“Life is good and getting better by the moment, so why are
you still focusing on things that went wrong while ignoring things that went
right? Whatever the reason, it’s time to
get over it. Stop regretting, start
living.”- (Jan. 18, 2012)
“How you face adversity can either extinguish you or
distinguish you.” –Gary Kunath
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange
for it.”- Henry David Thoreau
“The bridges you cross before you come to them are over
rivers that are not there.”-Gene Brown
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”- fortune cookie
Headlines:
“Seeing opportunity amid a setback.”
“From poverty to prosperity.”
“Write to succeed.”
“Weapon is her mind.”
“Wake up and smell the money.”
“Invest in your life.
Control your investment.
Take charge of your future.”
“Every turn, fork or path seems to hold the promise of a
hundred possible destinations.”
“A retreat to refresh and renew.”
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