Two Thoughts (23 - 29 March)
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“You can needle-drop anywhere in this book and find a piece of wisdom from a most unlikely source. It belongs on the nightstand with the meditation books and daily reading. My goal is to get my own two thoughts into the sequel.”
– Jared Dillian
Sunday, 23 March
Two thoughts from Noah Levine
"The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution."
"Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in the present."
Monday, 24 March
Two thoughts from I.M. Pei
“Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.”
"Be the best, not necessarily the original."
Tuesday, 25 March
Two thoughts from Nicolás Dávila
"Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon."
"Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion."
Wednesday, 26 March
Two thoughts from Carl Reiner
"Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story."
"The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh."
Thursday, 27 March
Two thoughts from Cal Newport
“If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive – no matter how skilled or talented you are.”
“Leave good evidence of yourself. Do good work.”
Friday, 28 March
Two thoughts from Robert Benchley
"There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them."
“Who said time machines haven’t been built yet? They already exist. They’re called books.”
Saturday, 29 March
Two thoughts from Murasaki Shikibu
"There is more here than meets the eye."
"People who do not get into scrapes are a great deal less interesting than those who do."
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dear jim,
great quotes today! some of my faves:
I.M. Pei:
“Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.”
Carl Reiner:
"Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story."
Robert Benchley:
“Who said time machines haven’t been built yet? They already exist. They’re called books.”
thank you for sharing!
love
myq