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Youth Not Wasted: An Okie Coming of Age is the comedic story of my youth up through my first career after college. It is a collection of mostly lighthearted.
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The two observations were separated by thirty-five years and do not belong together. QUOTE NOTE: Wyeth said this with a laugh as he explained to Corliss that on the morning of their interview he'd been out painting, just as he had every morning for the previous fifty years! Matisse did neither. The tax does him no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return.
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But if the fire does come, his having paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man who has daily inured himself to the habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.
The words are spoken in an instructional, even didactic, manner to the title character. It opens the way to advancement. Even the highest state of perfection conceivable it brings near and makes real and possible; for that which can be conceived can be achieved. Marquis had presented a slightly different version of this quatrain when the poem made its first appearance in The Pacific Monthly Jan. Instead of addressing all of the graduates, he spoke directly to his daughter Eve, a member of the graduating class.
About assumptions, he continued:.
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For a transcript of the complete address, go to: Alda commencement speech. Donghia was interior designer to the stars in the latter part of the 20th century, with a client list that included Diana Ross, Barbara Walters, and Ralph Lauren. His observation applies to all who provide consulting and other personal services—assuming one understands the needs and desires of a client can be disastrous. Donghia rose to fame in when, as a little-known interior designer, he wowed New Yorkers with his design of the Opera Club at the Metropolitan Opera House.
His trademark was the use of gray flannel in wallcoverings and furniture fabric. For more, see: People magazine profile of Donghia. Winkler, an alumnus of the school, inserted this line into his remarks to graduating students. I believe that the universe abides by the laws of physics, some of which are known, others of which will surely be discovered. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I do not envy believers their faith.
I am relieved to think that the whole story is a sinister fairy tale; life would be miserable if what the faithful affirmed was actually the case. They start as little green shoots, grow into dense foliage, turn golden, and then drop off and fall to the ground. They are gathered up for the bonfire or rot to provide nourishment for the next generation. All the while the tree trunk grows stronger. They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth.
They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much use to Him as a hole in the head.
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All they did was keep letting Him down. Pay attention to the west wind. Pay attention to the boy on the raft, the lady in the tower, the old man on the train. In sum, pay attention to the world and all that dwells therein and thereby learn at last to pay attention to yourself and all that dwells therein. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. A similar saying, but with cheerfulness instead of healthy attitude , was cited as one of Arnold H.
For more, see this post from quotation researcher Barry Popik. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors—creating a masterpiece. Or it can make everything dark and dreary. It will make or break a company, a church, or a home. The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. Things that seem to work well—work in a sense of carry the story forward and be integral to the piece—suddenly become a little less relevant or a little less functional or a little overlong or a little overweight or a little whatever.
And so you start reshaping from an audience. Because nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. From fear of his neighbor, who looks for the latest conventionalities in him, and is wrapped up in them himself. He divests himself of responsibility. He sees himself not as a person acting in a morally accountable way but as the agent of external authority. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power.
Nowadays, people pass over this text in silence if possible, if not, with an apology. And so, even when we have a sacred book, we still choose as truth whatever suits our own prejudices. Any resemblance he bears to the poet you meet on a signing line is slightly less than coincidental. Gay was describing the powerful role that competition and envy play in the life of authors.
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Johnson, but they descend into the commonplace, or worse, when they become personally known. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends. His company ultimately became an imprint of the Penguin Group. This being forbidden by the police of all civilized countries, he takes it out by putting his yells on paper. Such is the thing called self-expression. Pascal had a nail-studded belt he used to lean against every time he felt pleasure at some word of praise. I should have a belt like that. I ask you, be a friend; either do not write to me about the book at all, or else write and tell me everything that is wrong with it.
If it is true, as I feel, that my powers are weakening, then I beg of you, tell me. Our profession is dreadful, writing corrupts the soul. Loewy, often described as the father of modern industrial design, created streamlined designs for hundreds of iconic American products, including Lucky Strike packages, Greyhound buses, and Coca-Cola soda dispensers.
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No amount of chrome gadgets, trimmings, schmaltz, and spinach will give life to such a body design. This car is a dead pigeon. Conversely, the automobile that makes the best instant impression is one that looks alive as a leaping greyhound, charged with speed and motion even at rest. This car is a success.
Toggle navigation. And though we might be dragged along without them, it would be with much difficulty, very heavily and tediously. Friedrich Nietzsche , in Beyond Good and Evil Kaminski, The Quotable Abigail Adams Ability without ambition is like kindling wood without the spark. Author Unknown.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. Native ability without education is like a tree which bears no fruit. Aristippus 5th c. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Francis Bacon , in Essays Ability, n.