"There it is! The Holy grail of Christmas gifts! The Red Ryder 200 shot range model air rifle! And there he is! Red Ryder himself! In his hand was the knerl stock of his coolly deadliest looking piece of weaponry as ever I had laid eyes on!"
People will tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours.
~ Ken Hakuta
"A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party!" - Les(ter Louis) Brown
"You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss." - Daniel Heinsius
"A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party!" - Les(ter Louis) Brown
glad to see you made it over. great words, as always.........
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived in order to be understood.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life needs to be lived in a constant state of discovery.
~ Kobi Yamada
We can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
~ Claude Bernard
"Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!" George Carlin
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasure, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
~ Henry Miller
"I'll do anything for money. Hell, I'd work for the Klan if they paid me enough." - Charles Barkley
"This is the kind of game that makes you wanna go home and beat your wife." - Charles Barkley following a dismal loss to the Bulls
"You guys wanna talk to me?? Well I guess its not like you've got a team to cover" - Charles Barkley to the media after arriving at Madison Square Garden to play the Knicks.
A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.
~I Ching
And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.
~Albert Einstein
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years youll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you cant grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...Youre not as fat as you imagine.
Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, dont put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind...the race is long, and in the end its only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Dont feel guilty if you dont know what to do with your life...the most interesting people I know didnt know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still dont.
Get plenty of calcium
Be kind to your knees, youll miss them when theyre gone.
Maybe youll marry, maybe you wont, maybe youll have children, maybe you wont, maybe youll divorce at 40, maybe youll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary...what ever you do, dont congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either - your choices are half chance, so are everybody elses.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can...dont be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, its the greatest instrument youll ever own.
Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you dont follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, youll never know when theyll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, price will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do youll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Dont mess too much with your hair, or by the time its 40, it will look 85.
Be careful who advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games... 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and I've missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life.... And that is why I succeed.
Comments
homer simpson
-Aldous Huxley
~ Barbara de Angelis
-A Christmas Story
~ Deepak Chopra
xox Alternagirl
"You never know where you're going to meet a jammer"
~ Storm Jameson
- William Wallace. From the movie Braveheart
The time to be happy is now.
The way to be happy is to make others so.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Savor the moment. Search for a little joy, and you will find a great deal of it in unexpected places.
~ Allen Folstein
The point is to live everything.
~ Steven Potter
-George Carlin
But only a few will catch your heart.
Pursue these.
~Michael Nolan~
she lets go
the strange pull...
of what you really love.
~RUMI~
she lets go
~ Ken Hakuta
glad to see you made it over.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived in order to be understood.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life needs to be lived in a constant state of discovery.
~ Kobi Yamada
We can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
~ Claude Bernard
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win. (Mahatma K. Gandhi)
~ Marilyn Grey
As I grow to understand life less and less,
I learn to love it more and more.
~ Jules Renard
~ Henry Miller
"This is the kind of game that makes you wanna go home and beat your wife." - Charles Barkley following a dismal loss to the Bulls
"You guys wanna talk to me?? Well I guess its not like you've got a team to cover" - Charles Barkley to the media after arriving at Madison Square Garden to play the Knicks.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
~I Ching
And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.
~Albert Einstein
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years youll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you cant grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...Youre not as fat as you imagine.
Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, dont put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind...the race is long, and in the end its only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Dont feel guilty if you dont know what to do with your life...the most interesting people I know didnt know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still dont.
Get plenty of calcium
Be kind to your knees, youll miss them when theyre gone.
Maybe youll marry, maybe you wont, maybe youll have children, maybe you wont, maybe youll divorce at 40, maybe youll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary...what ever you do, dont congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either - your choices are half chance, so are everybody elses.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can...dont be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, its the greatest instrument youll ever own.
Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you dont follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, youll never know when theyll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, price will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do youll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Dont mess too much with your hair, or by the time its 40, it will look 85.
Be careful who advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
~Baz Luhrman
- elvis presley
~ E. Vedder
~a close friend
-Michael Jordan
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...a lover and a fighter.
"I'm at least half a bum" Rocky Balboa
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