L’Arte
A quote from Alessandro Manzoni by Giuseppe Pontiggia
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Eight billion light years away
I was really struck by this tiny text box in the Guardian Weekly—a few words describing an event beyond imagination.
We Are All a Little Weird
“We’re all a little weird and life’s a little weird. And when we find someone who’s weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” by Dr. Seuss
Dream Bigger
“When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short nor easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it’s not, dream bigger.” by Seth Godin
President Wulffs unconventional Christmas address 2011 | Video of the day
Nice speech about people, solidarity, and respect. In my opinion it tells about the attempt by a country like Germany to recognize its multi-ethnic nature and the ways its shapes its society. We are all on the same journey here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8O5fvmnHgM?fs=1&w=480&h=295
Arrival in Tortola, Caribbean sea
‘I want my arrival to be a celebration of the past 25 years not, as someone asked recently, “will it give you closure”? What? Closure? That infers I somehow regret or lament the past 25 years. Absolutely not. Were it not for the accident, I would not have met Elaine, had Timothy or had such a wonderful life so, closure? No. Celebration? Yes. And any tears will be tears of joy not tears of regret or sadness. Life […]
Murakami Haruki on work
‘ I can’t imagine doing any other kind of work. Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of covenience’ The Kideny-shaped Stone, Murakami Haruki
Plinius and (half-read) books
I remember collecting sign books for some years. One day I got hold of one of the Italian publishing house Adelphi. Pink color, with just one sentence on it by, Gayus Plinius Secundus also known as Plinius the “Old”, born in 24 B.C. in Como. The rough English translation of Plinius sentence could be: ‘there is not such thing as a bad book where you cannot learn at least one thing’. After that i bought […]
Quotes from Haruki Murakami’s, What I Talk about when I Talk about Running
‘Thus the seasons come and go, and the years pass by. I’ll age one more year, and probably finish another novel. One by one, I will face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the same time taking a long-range view, scanning the horizon as far ahead as I can. I am, after all, a long-distance runner’ ‘The end of the race is just […]
President-Elect Obama speech on 4/11/2008
PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four […]