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Evolution Of A Pandemic In Real Time
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behavior. Margaret Chan
Similar But Different
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Margaret Atwood
Books and movies are like apples and oranges. The both are fruit, but taste completely different. ~Stephen King
People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. ~ Stephen Hawking
Dwell On The Past
What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter? Charlotte Bronte
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. ~ Edward Abbey
The secret is the answer …
The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success is never so interesting as struggle. ~ Willa Cather
Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ~ John F. Kennedy
Problem And Soultion
If your problem has a solution then… why worry about it? If your problem doesn’t have solution then… why worry about it? Chinese Proverb
“I know that I exist; the question is, What is this ‘I’ that ‘I’ know.” ~ Rene Descartes
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected. ~ Alice Paul
Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Bad guys do what good guys dream. ~Rene Balcer
Bad literature is a form of treason. ~Joseph Brodsky
Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. ~Jim Henson
Music may not make you a genius …..
“Music may not make you a genius, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view — and most important, to take pleasure in listening.” Joanne Lipman
Great books help you understand, and they help you understood. ~John Green
“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” ~ T. S. Eliot
You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. ~Eskimo Proverb
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. ~Jane Austen
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ~Soren Kierkegaard
Injustice and peace cannot co exist. ~Tasneem Hameed
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. ~Washington Irving
Learning never exhausts the mind. ~Leonardo da Vinci
As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake. ~Aimee Bender
A photograph is the best split-second decision one can make. ~Annie O’Reilly
Insecurity is a waste of time. ~Diane von Furstenberg
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. ~Anthony Burgess
She reads books as one would breathe air. To fill up and live. ~Annie Dillard
Big Enough
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~ John C. Maxwell
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it. ~Mark Twain
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ~Albert Einstein
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand. ~Stevie Wonder
A Sheet Of Paper
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. Friedrich Nietzsche
In a mad world, only the mad are sane. ~Akiro Kurosawa
City Life
I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. Michael Douglas
Make Coffee
I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. Flash Rosenberg
Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. ~Mitch Albom
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ~Benjamin Franklin
If there is a true universal mind, must it be sane? ~Charles Fort
Music Language
Music is the one universal language. It’s your best friend when the chips are down, and it’s better than any energy drink when you’re feeling it. Dave Smalley
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. ~Bertrand Russell
Tragedy And Comedy
Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. Jeannette Walls
Backpack
So I’m more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It’s weird being here. It feels like I’m standing next to my real life. Henry Rollins
“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.” ~ Ibn Taymiyyah
Needle In A Haystack
It’s a funny thing about looking for things. If you hunt for a needle in a haystack you don’t find it. If you don’t give a damn whether you ever see the needle or not it runs into you the first time you lean against the stack. P. G. Wodehouse
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us,and sometimes, they win. ~Stephen King
Painting is silent poetry. ~Plutarch
When It’s Time
“I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. ~Janis Joplin
“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou
Balance: a dance with how and when. ~Soul Dancer
Enjoy The Day
“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” ~ Horace
People can do whatever they want. It’s when they conform to society that they restrict themselves. ~Erin Pracht
“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.” ~Janis Joplin
No such thing
“No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.” ~ Henry Rollins
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ~Sheryl Sandberg
Time Capsules
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. Alfred Hitchcock
Every moment is a new beginning. -Elie Wiesel
Write … write … pencil … paper. ~ Heinrich Heine
No man has the right to dictate …..
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. -Ansel Adams, American Photographer
Success Is Learned
Success isn’t something that just happens – success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared. -Sparky Anderson
Acceptance is the only way out of hell. ~Marsha M. Linehan
You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends. ~Joan Jett
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ~Anthony Burgess
So long as the universe had a beginning …..
So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator? ~Stephen Hawking
Tis’ better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else’s perfectly. ~Elizabeth Gilbert
Conquering Some Fear
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Food Security
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. ~Bill Gates
Food is as important as energy….
Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment. Everything is linked together. ~Louise Fresco
Making Excuses
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -Benjamin Franklin
Order & Chaos
What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. -Kerry Thomley
Bookish Homeless People
I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If you ever spend a good amount of time there, you realize there are people who spend the entire day there. They’re bookish homeless people. -Lisa Yuskavage
Poor People And The Homeless
You can spend the money on new housing for the poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. -Jello Biafra
The present and the past …..
The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn’t be in flashback. ~Alain Resnais
Past time is finite, future time is infinite. ~Edwin Powell Hubble
“If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are.” ~T. S. Eliot
Walk Beside Me …..
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus
“Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.” ~Albert Einstein
Fill Your Life Up With Ideas
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin”
Uninteresting Life
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy. ~Mark Twain
Conquering Fear
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays (1950) “Outline of Intellectual Rubbish”
The world we see ……
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” ~William James
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” ~Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney (1986). “Our Best Years”, Doubleday Books
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ~Alice Walker
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. ~Sam Levenson
Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events. ~Albert Einstein
No one has ever died, from an over exposure to education. ~Robert M. Hensel
Robert M. Hensel, Spanish Poet-Writer
Clear Labeling For Genetically Modified Food
Europe believes that providing clear labeling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by vast majority of states in the U.S. -Zac Goldsmith
Rose Bushes
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln
Problems of the world…..
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. -Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist
Enjoy Life
Quote Source: Quote Master
“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” ~Alice Walker
Beautiful People
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do notContinue reading “Beautiful People”
