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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Solon
Showing quotations 1 to 4 of 4 total In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend. Solon Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them. SolonPut more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. Solon Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly. Solon
Nelson Mandela
Showing quotations 1 to 3 of 3 total For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson MandelaI am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. Nelson MandelaThere is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela, 'A Long Walk to Freedom'
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Albert Einstein
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Albert Einstein Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert EinsteinEvery day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. Albert EinsteinFew people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert EinsteinGravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert EinsteinI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. Albert Einstein If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. Albert EinsteinIf you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert EinsteinLaws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible. Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. Albert EinsteinThe most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert EinsteinThe most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert EinsteinThe release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert EinsteinThe secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Albert Einstein Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert EinsteinTry not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein Browse our complete list of 3156 authors by last name:
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Albert Einstein Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert EinsteinEvery day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. Albert EinsteinFew people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert EinsteinGravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert EinsteinI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. Albert Einstein If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. Albert EinsteinIf you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert EinsteinLaws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible. Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. Albert EinsteinThe most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert EinsteinThe most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert EinsteinThe release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert EinsteinThe secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Albert Einstein Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert EinsteinTry not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein Browse our complete list of 3156 authors by last name:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Ralph Waldo EmersonA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo EmersonAs we grow old?the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo EmersonBeware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. Ralph Waldo EmersonChildren are all foreigners. Ralph Waldo Emerson Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints. Ralph Waldo EmersonConversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live. Ralph Waldo EmersonDemocracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo EmersonDon't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good. Ralph Waldo Emerson Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Ralph Waldo EmersonGive all to love; obey thy heart. Ralph Waldo EmersonGod enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo EmersonHe has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo EmersonI awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Ralph Waldo EmersonI hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo EmersonI pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. Ralph Waldo EmersonIf I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. Ralph Waldo Emerson Browse our complete list of 3156 authors by last name:
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A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Ralph Waldo EmersonA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo EmersonAs we grow old?the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo EmersonBeware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. Ralph Waldo EmersonChildren are all foreigners. Ralph Waldo Emerson Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints. Ralph Waldo EmersonConversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live. Ralph Waldo EmersonDemocracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo EmersonDon't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good. Ralph Waldo Emerson Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Ralph Waldo EmersonGive all to love; obey thy heart. Ralph Waldo EmersonGod enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo EmersonHe has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo EmersonI awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Ralph Waldo EmersonI hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo EmersonI pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. Ralph Waldo EmersonIf I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. Ralph Waldo Emerson Browse our complete list of 3156 authors by last name:
Jason Schwartzman and Jesse Dylan Promote L.A. Museums in Short Film (First Look)
The print ad for the campaign. Photo by Jesse Dylan. The PSA -- publicizing the new Pacific Standard Time arts initiative -- stars the actor as a man who can't outrun conceptual artist John Baldessari.The Hollywood Reporter has first-look footage of a new comedic short film starring actor Jason Schwartzman.
Helmed by director Jesse Dylan (Kicking & Screaming, American Wedding), the almost-five-minute PSA, shot at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promotes the sprawling new arts initiative Pacific Standard Time. The museum extravaganza, beginning in October, will see 60-plus exhibits open in 2011 and 2012. The Getty Trust-funded program showcases the work of Southern California artists and designers between 1945 and 1980, giving context to how L.A. has become the major art capital it is today.
In the spot, titled Pacific Standard Time: Jason Schwartzman Celebrates John Baldessari, the Bored to Death star is followed by a huge image of white-bearded conceptual artist John Baldessari, who talks to him from walls. The artist appears after Schwartzman is heard saying to a friend: "Wanna go check out the museum? Are you kidding me? Have a good night. I don't like art?"
Baldessari -- known for his works which question the very nature of viewing art and for his signature works, among others, showing blue dots covering faces -- engages in a playful dialogue with the actor about museum-going.
"Metaphorically, if you give some kids some gorgonzola cheese, you know, they are going to spit it out. But if you give them some Velveeta they say 'Um yummy' and then maybe when they are young adults they are really gonna savor gorgonzola cheese and arts like that," says Baldessari.
To which Schwartzman responds: "Stop following me." Eventually the artist gently convinces Schwartzman to check out the museum. "I think the best thing is not to be intimidated and if you don't like something you just say you don't like it. That's fine," says the artist.
The PSA is an innovative approach from TBWA\CHIA\DAY, which also recently released another spot pairing musician Anthony Kiedis with painter Ed Ruscha, who along with Baldessari, also has works spotlighted in Pacific Standard Time shows. The ad agency felt strongly that an on-the-nose, earnest tone was not what it wanted. The idea was to link influential artists with today's creative forces. A print ad is also being released featuring Ice Cube and the late furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames.
"The traditional way museums and shows market themselves tends to be to showcase a signature piece of artwork with the name and the date from and to and pole banners or posters. It's a convention. What we wanted to do was turn that upside down. We wanted to make the short film accessible and also make your curious in a light-hearted way," says Patrick O'Neill, executive creative director of TBWA\CHIAT\DAY Los Angeles.
Schwartman was especially thrilled to meet Baldessari. "I am a fan of Mr. Baldessari's work and I couldn't believe I actually got to go to his studio and talk to him," says the actor. "I talked to John for almost an hour and a half. Look at how I went from Mr. Baldessari to John so quickly in this conversation. I've never met a famous artist before."
Director Dylan, who also is the CEO and creative director of media-production company Wondros, and Schwartzman had met years ago. Dylan, who calls Schwartzman his "dream guy," called up the actor out of the blue. "Jason's acting style has an intelligence and curiosity about things that you relate to and that was John Baldessari's approach back in the day. It's a charming and unexpected pairing," says Dylan, who says the idea of projecting Baldessari's face on the sides of buildings "came from a fragment of a dream."
"I actually go to museums with my kids at least once every three weeks. We need to appreciate artists even more. They are a precious commodity of Los Angeles," adds Dylan.
W. H. Auden
Showing quotations 1 to 9 of 9 total Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our own table. W. H. AudenFalse enchantment can last a lifetime. W. H. AudenMurder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. W. H. Auden No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. W. H. Auden One cannot review a bad book without showing off. W. H. Auden Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. W. H. Auden We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know. W. H. AudenA poet's hope: to be,
like some valley cheese,
local, but prized elsewhere. W. H. Auden, Collected Poems
And shares our bed and eats at our own table. W. H. AudenFalse enchantment can last a lifetime. W. H. AudenMurder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. W. H. Auden No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. W. H. Auden One cannot review a bad book without showing off. W. H. Auden Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. W. H. Auden We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know. W. H. AudenA poet's hope: to be,
like some valley cheese,
local, but prized elsewhere. W. H. Auden, Collected Poems
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Clare Ansberry
Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. Clare Ansberry, The Women of Troy Hill
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