„Însă vai de omul care se ia pe gânduri! Uite cum te trage pe furiş apa la adânc, şi din veselia cea mai mare cazi deodată în urâcioasa întristare!
Hai mai bine despre copilărie să povestim, căci ea singură este veselă şi nevinovată. Şi, drept vorbind, acesta-i adevărul.” – Ion Creangă, Amintiri din copilărie
„It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” – Maurice Switzer
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
― Brad Meltzer
Winston Churchill: „[…] surely from this period of ten months this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
Leo Burnett: „I regard a great ad as the most beautiful thing in the world.” (via »)
Un citat aproximativ:
„Până ce visul se va amesteca în totalitate cu realitatea.” – Inimă și alte preparate din carne – Teatrul National „Marin Sorescu” din Craiova.
I once took part in a local competition in physics.
We had a theoretical exam and a practical one.
We were given a string, two pieces of paper, and hominy for the practical one.
We were supposed to find the friction coefficient between hominy and hominy.
Most people would try to find a solution using all the available resources. „But how can I use the paper and string?”.
The actual solution was to create a pyramid using hominy, and then using the slope angle, you could have determined the actual coefficient.
The solution was simple, but the resources were complicated.
Sometimes, by trying to follow the rules („Use everything!”), we miss the essential („What’s the solution?”)
„Both Are Me” – J. Raymond
I crave a gentle life.
I know what hell looks like already.
More harsh lessons aren’t necessary.
Give me soft evenings, sweet as chocolate.
Sultry like wool.
Let’s laugh till we’re in tears,
alongside those who make loving us look easy.
I want to breathe in the air of everywhere I once dreamt of making memories.
Though my hardships have shaped me,
in beautiful and painful ways that I will forever be grateful for,
I want my days to be full and affectionate.
I want to be formless,
someone who flows and moves without worry.
Some days I’m water.
Others, I’m lava.
Both are real.
Both are me.
All versions of me are honest and necessary.
Who I am is safe when respected.
I’d rather be a great friend to a few
than an acquaintance to many.
I’d rather be widely accepting
than widely accepted.
I want to be the one that others know it’s safe to turn to.
I want to be the person who I needed all those years ago.
There’s a softness within me that wasn’t always there.
It grew from heinous places.
Cold, callous, remorseful places.
My softness is my greatest strength.
To not be hardened by the very things meant to break you,
that’s what I’m most proud of.
Now, everyone near me gets my light.
This way we all shine.
J. Raymond
„Both Are Me”
Poem from The Kindred Project: Vol. II
Titlu de știre:
„Manchester United se întărește serios pentru sezonul următor și are obiective importante alături de Erik ten Hag și staff-ul său. După Joshua Zirkzee, „diavolii roșii” au mai rezolvat un trasfer, investiția fiind una de peste 60 de milioane de euro.
[…]
Fundașul de doar 18 ani avea contract cu Lille până în vara anului 2025, iar Real Madrid înaintase către Lille o ofertă de 25 de milioane de euro, precizând faptul că anul următor l-ar putea lua gratis.”
Comentariul meu:
Dacă plătesc de 2 ori mai mult decât cineva pentru o casă și vânzarea se realizează, nu înseamnă neapărat că am făcut o mare afacere.
Aș putea să plătesc de 10 ori mai mult, dar asta nu spune mare lucru despre performanța mea.
Da, Manchester a câștigat competiția, dar prețul a fost de mai mult de două ori mai mare.
Sometimes, I think of this – how should pupils be put in benches?
For example, some ideas I got from school:
I met in my school years people who cared about how pupils stay on a bench, and I think people should at least consider this. What’s the natural tendency? Sit boy-boy, girl-girl, always with friends, away from unpopular people, due to various reasons. Perhaps that’s not the best way.