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zemkat the spectacular @zemkat
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I carry a small journal with me, and write down (among other things) quotes I hear or things people say that are meaningful to me. This year I'd like to share them. (1/40) a small red notebook with many tabs
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."--Frederick Douglass (2/40)
"Sometimes the sky is green. But not often."--Artemesia (on an @AskAManager thread) (3/40)
"There are two kinds of architects: problem solvers and monument builders." (Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect) (4/40)
"Good things come to those who plan ahead." (5/40)
"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you."--John E. Southard (6/40)
"You don't lose cool points for compassion."--Trap King (7/40)
"Every wrong answer is a step toward the right one."--Dirk Vermin (8/40)
"Stop being afraid of what can go wrong; start being excited about what can go right." (9/40)
"Every cactus was once a hedgehog."--Tim Dannay (@tdannay) (10/40)
"You can't look good and get better at the same time."--Neil Sarkar (11/40)
"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves."--Will Durant (12/40)
"You can only clean up your side of the street."--Jennifer Aniston (13/40)
"You don't get to say how hard you need to work for what you want."--Eddie Huang (14/40)
"Nothing only means one thing."--Neil Gaiman (15/40)
"Every mousetrap has free cheese."--Paul Kenny (Storage Wars) (16/40)
"Lighthouses don't go running all over the island looking for people to save; they just stand there shining."--Anne Lamott (17/40)
"It's never going to be perfect but it can be better than it is."--Violet Fox (@violetbfox) (18/40)
"Do not mistake composure for ease."--Tuvok (Deep Space Nine) (19/40)
"Beware of anyone in large numbers."--Henry (Firewatch) (20/40)
"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen."--John F. Kennedy (21/40)
"Nothing will work unless you do."--Maya Angelou (22/40)
"If it seems too difficult or scary, maybe you should give it a try."--Jeri Ellsworth (23/40)
"You don't get better, smarter, faster by holding what you know in your hand with it clenched like a fist."--Erin Leach (@erinaleach) (24/40)
"Faster alone, further together." (25/40)
"The fox is running for his dinner; the rabbit is running for his life." (26/40)
"You can have it all, but you can't have it all at the same time. Life is long."--Michelle Obama (27/40)
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones."--John Cage (28/40)
"What if it really was the end of the world?"--Noel Fielding (29/40)
"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch, but on its own wings."--Charlie Wardle (30/40)
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."--Ralph Marston (31/40)
"There are lots of doors into that house. No wrong doors."--Neil Gaiman (32/40)
"Music is something we do together."--Kevin Holm-Hudson (33/40)
"When in doubt, use more." (from a document about the Nickelodeon Attitude) (34/40)
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."--Dolly Parton (35/40)
"The best apology is changed behavior." (36/40)
"Sometimes when people roar, it's not because they need to be tamed, but because they need to be heard."--Rachel Rowan Olive (37/40)
"Whoo! I feel cleansed!"--Jim Lake, Jr. (Trollhunters) (38/40)
"This year is next year's tradition."--Karim Nagi (@karimnagi) (39/40)
This was a rough year, and I'm so grateful to all of you (on this brief list and not) for everything you do and share. Happy new year. (40/40)
dangit, he said this on VOYAGER but in my defense he was also on an episode of DS9
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