Mystery

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

No One

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
― Charles Dickens

Courage!

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
-Winston Churchill

Charles Dickens

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."
— Charles Dickens

A Matter

“What I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write.”
― Tom Wolfe

Distracted

“Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

A Lie

“A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.”
― Tom Wolfe

Background

“You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.”
― Tom Wolfe

Scenario

“Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.”
― Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

No matter who you are

No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.

Cory Booker

Greatest Natural Resource

The greatest natural resource our country has is not oil. It's not gas. It's not coal. It's the genius of our children.

Cory Booker

Doom Loop

a doom loop is "a negative spiral that can result when banks hold sovereign bonds and governments bail out banks".

Going viral is not a good thing this time.

By Maureen Dowd

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"

Monty Python

deus ex machina

de·us ex ma·chi·na
/ˌdāəs ˌeks ˈmäkənə,ˌdāəs ˌeks ˈmäakənə/
noun
noun: deus ex machina

an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.

William Shakespeare

“As flies to wanton boys, are we to the Gods; they kill us for their sport.”
- William Shakespeare

Screenwriting

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
—P.T. Anderson

Marcela Macias

I have been giving myself space (mental and physical) and permission for not knowing, not doing, not striving, not searching.
Instead, I have been...quiet.
-Marcela Macias

Cory Booker

Before you speak to me about religion, first show it to me in how you treat people. Before you tell me how much you love God, show me how much you love his children.

In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell as in how you choose to live and give.
—Cory Booker

Vala Afshar

“I do not chase people anymore. I learned that I am here, and I am happy. I am not going to run after people to prove that I matter.

One of the hardest things to learn is to not worry about what people think or say about you.

Until you learn this lesson, you will waste valuable time responding to negativity and criticism.

As Paulo Coelho says, ‘be a good person, but don’t waste your time trying to prove it.’"

Vala Afshar