http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/04/opinion/greene-zaslow/index.html?hpt=hp_c3 Great article by Bob Greene about Jeff Zaslow, the author who helped Randy Pausch write “The Last Lecture”. If you haven’t read the Last Lecure, I highly recommend it. Bob Greene’s article talks about doing your best at all times. He says it’s not often that it pays off, but it’s an admirable endeavor. [...]
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Reporter: “What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?” Sendak: “I would tell them to go to hell. That’s a question I will not tolerate.” Reporter: “Because kids can handle it?” Sendak: “If they can’t handle it, go home. Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. [...]
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, Act 1 scene 4 Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
Dis-moi qui vous admire et vous aime, et je vous dirai qui vous êtes – Voltaire “Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.”
The Charles Schulz Philosophy – received this today and thought it was great. Probably not actually Charles Schulz, but I like it. Scroll thru slowly and read carefully to receive and enjoy full effect.
Pyrrho, born about 360BC 1) Certainty is unattainable 2) The wise man will suspend judgment and will seek tranquility rather than the truth 3) Since all theories are probably false, one might as well accept the myths and conventions of his time and place
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Confucius I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Virgil Thompson
Received this from a friend at our Brigadoon show yesterday. A photo from the orchestra pit and a poem: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take – but by the moments that take our breath away.” I do not have information on the writer of this quote – seems a bit [...]
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“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity†– Louis Pasteur (French Chemist and Microbiologist, 1822-1895) Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper’s principle: “The next mile [...]
Our ideals resemble the stars, which illuminate the night. No one will ever be able to touch them. But the men who, like the sailors on the ocean, take them for guides, will undoubtedly reach their goal. – Carl Schurz
Exceedingly rare and vintage pit band photos of the musicians for Disney’s High School Musical presentation at McIntyre Hall 2007. These musicians were VERY fun and intense to work with. When we get a tight groove going on it feels more like we’re cruising down the street with the subs cranking. UPDATE – MORE BAND [...]
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Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray. – Oliver Goldsmith
Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. And what a person thinks on his own without being [...]
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ~Benjamin Franklin It is far more impressive when others [...]
Vocation does not mean a goal that I pursue. It means a calling that I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. – PARKER PALMER, Let Your Life Speak
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