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Thu 20 Aug 2020

Box

Posted by PJ under creativity, diversity, quote of the day, risk, stereotypes
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Random quote of the day:

“There’s this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn’t want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that’s part of it.”

—Eddie Murphy, Rolling Stone, November 9, 2011

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 10 Aug 2020

Self-Esteem

Posted by PJ under black lives matter, quote of the day, risk, self-esteem, work
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Random quote of the day:

“I am trying to show the world we are all human beings, that color is not important, that what is important is the quality of our work, of a culture in which the young are not afraid to take chances and can hold onto their values and self-esteem, especially in the arts and in dance. That’s what it’s all about to me.”

—Alvin Ailey, AlvinAiley.org

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 28 Jul 2020

Naked

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, risk
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Random quote of the day:

“A lot of people refuse to do things because they don’t want to go naked, don’t want to go without guarantee. But that’s what’s got to happen. You go naked until you die.”

―Nikki Giovanni, quoted in Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 26 Sep 2018

In security

Posted by PJ under daring, quote of the day, risk, security
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Random quote of the day:

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

—Helen Keller, The Open Door

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 10 Jul 2017

Risk averse

Posted by PJ under failure, quote of the day, risk
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Random quote of the day:

“One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”

—John W. Gardner, “The Ever-Renewing Society,” Saturday Review, No. 46, 1963

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 13 Apr 2016

Chancing it

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, risk, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Get it all down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that’s the only was you can do anything really good.”

—William Faulkner, quoted in Malcolm Cowley, The Faulkner-Cowley File

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 8 Oct 2015

Rock the boat

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, risk, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life’s currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.”

—Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 3 Apr 2014

Follow

Posted by PJ under joy, meaning, quote of the day, risk
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Random quote of the day:

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”

—Alan Cohen, Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risks to Follow Your Bliss

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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