What moves you, if you are happy with who you are , I f you are truly happy even in the down times. If you ask yourself if you are happy and you say yes. That is what is important!
The most difficult thing in this world is to adopt the posture of a warrior. Being [...]
We cared more of substance than fluff. The fields doesn’t matter, recognition doesn’t matter. I don’t like sounding like a Randite but it is very true. We give value to something we must choose the right things to value.
from the new yorker here
Ball wanted to keep his visit a secret—the names of Fields Medal recipients [...]
from NYT here:
When he was a Harvard undergraduate, Mr. Gates lamented that so many of his fellow students pursued a “narrow track for success” instead of being willing to “take big risks to do big things,” recalled Michael Katz, a Harvard contemporary
I used to be a victim of this mindset. It was as if I [...]
Part of me always hated taking any exam, that’s why this kind of hits home for me. More on this later!
The U.S. system may be too lax when it comes to rigor and memorization, but it is very good at developing the critical faculties of the mind. It is surely this quality that goes some [...]
from Roger Ebert: NYTimes Article here:
when writing, you should avoid cliché, but on television you should embrace it
I think I will modify this to suit my needs.
When writing, you should avoid cliche, but when conversing you should embrace it.
I will try to be true to this more often with this blog.
from Marginal Revolution; Link Here:
It also suggests that today we might have some very important ideas amongst us, we simply cannot yet see how fruitful they will be. Their own proponents may not even know it.
The context of this is that a lot of the foundation of modern economics have already been theorized by thinkers [...]
from Seth Godin’s blog:
Most people spend a lot of time to get an education.
They wait for the teacher (hopefully a great one) to give them something of value.
Many employees do the same thing at work. They wait for a boss (hopefully a great one) to give them responsibility or authority or experiences that add up [...]
Knowing that there is only now, in a sense, is a reminder to ‘live for the moment’. Since we’ll never know how long love would last, it’s best that anyone doesn’t hold back any of the love that he/she could give now. At the same, it says that we should love the person for who [...]
from here:
Relief, joy, happiness, it was a pure moment of happiness. No expectations about tomorrow, or grief about the past, purely in the moment. It’s one I will remember always. +Lance Allred D-Leaguer signed to a 10 day contract by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Wish I Could Feel Like This Every Moment Of Every Day!
Rather,
I Would Try [...]
Coming from the philippines where an estimated 1 million Filipino Illegal Immigrants staying in the USA, immigration is an issue I deal with everyday. From family members trying to convince you to be an illegal immigrant (Had a multi entry Visa til may this year), online friends who are illegals, and people who plan to [...]
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