Emily Bernhardt
"Everyone here is smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind." (Being Kind)
Anton ego
"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more." (Ratatouille)
uncle iroh
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely.” (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Zig ziglar
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great"
thich nhat hanh
"When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending."
uncle iroh
“It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it becomes rigid and stale.” (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
mrs. elm
"A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile." (The Midnight Library)
lin manuel miranda
“Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” (Hamilton: An American Musical)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your fails. Explore. Dream. Discover” (Minecraft)
Unknown
“Why is there never time to do it right, but always time to do it over?”
Unknown
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
John Shedd
“A culture that is merely preserved is no culture at all.” (Capitalist Realism)
Mark Fisher
“I’d rather be naive than inert”