failuretunity

"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again."
- Richard Branson

autodidactic

"Cooking is the purest form of love as you give to others."
- Alice Waters

ferret face

"I wouldn't mind being a doctor if I didn't have to be around sick people."
- Major Frank Burns, MD

paradigm

"In Asia, mental illnesses are less likely to be treated as medical conditions, according to Mariko Kahn, the executive director of Pacific Asian Counseling Services. Many Asian languages have no words to describe mental illness, except words with negative connotations."

Full Los Angeles Times article here.

the emperor has no clothes

Question:

Why not create original art?

Andy Warhol:

Because it's easier to do.

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Andy Warhol's portrait of Elvis sold for $81.9 million

how to be cool

Order your copy on Amazon.com.

on hiring

"Do they add stress? Or reduce stress?"
- Mark Cuban

blood of christ

fuzzy recollection

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

- George Santayana 

self-loathing

Jenn's Lamb Chops recipe

• Put lamb in a large ziplock bag or baking dish, cover lamb with olive oil , crush 3 large garlic cloves, salt and pepper, 2-3 stalks rosemary. 
• You can add any other aromatic (e.g. onion) if you like. Marinate for at least an hour, or longer. 
• Grill; lamb should be pink when cooked, just a couple of minutes a side. 
• Squeeze some lemon during cooking or serve with a slice. 
• Of course there is also the shortcut of: butter/oil in pan, rosemary , season meat, turn after 2-3 min per side or preferred doneness.

on adversity

"Scar tissue is the foundation of character."
- Senator Ben Sasse on not coddling your kids

pre fake news

I get the news I need on the weather report
I can gather all the news I need on the weather report
Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile

Do-n-doh-d-doh-n-doh and here I am

The only living boy in New York
- Simon and Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy in New York , 1970

misery

I was an "A" student working for a "C" student.

silly and weird

hoop dreams

"Don't hope; hope is for people who aren't prepared."
- UCLA Coach Wooden

on why people still go to the movies

"Because you have a kitchen in your house, but still go out to eat."
- Jerry Bruckheimer 

motto

"Great work and folly may be indistinguishable from the outset."
-  Adam Steltzner, NASA 

Wheel of Fortune

"No matter how high you rise, you eventually head to the exit."
- 17th Century Dutch proverb

a plaster cast taken of a dead person's face

"A civilization that denies death, ends by denying life."
- Octavio Paz

age

"Just because you are old doesn't mean you have to be dull."
- John Waters

"Go"

A Chinese board game that is considered the world's most complicated.

based on what goes into it

"Inanimate objects have life."
- Buddhism, Shintoism

new reality

"8 of the top 10 figures Millenials consider famous are YouTube personalities."
- Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO

axiom

"Look back to learn; look forward to succeed."

on acting

"Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture."
- Spencer Tracy

formula

"I've never been successful when I wasn't having fun."
- Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon

tunnel vision

Perspective

"You got to choose where you are headed not where you are."
- Deion Sanders

hair regime

"I shower, apply a little product, blow dry."
- Kurt Russell