"What I envy most about you and everyone else heading back to school is the certainty of it all. Youâ€™ve got a prescribed set of requirements to guide you through the next few years. Focus your energy on the completion of those assignments and youâ€™ll succeed. Guaranteed. Whereâ€™s my syllabus to guide me through life?"

-- Megan McCafferty

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“MinÂiÂmalÂism is about creÂatÂing comÂplete harÂmony and not about making simple.”
“But the plain fact of the matter is that, for any person to successfully lead others, he or she must deal with reality and be ready to accept the fact that leadership , at times, can bring out the worst in us. And understanding, as well as coming to grips with the darker side of your personality, is key to dealing with real-life situations.”
“I don't want this music to die.The older people are passing it on to the younger generation so the younger generation can pass it on to the next generation.”
“Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile. â€œThere was cake?â€ I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriahâ€™s. â€œYeah, someone just brought it out. Found a couple boxes of the mix in the back and baked it,â€ he says. â€œYou can have a few bites of mine.â€ â€œA few bites? So youâ€™re planning on eating that mountain of cake by yourself?â€ â€œYes.â€ He looks confused. â€œWhy?â€ â€œNever mind.”
“It's very dangerous, making your happiness based on success and fashion. I know the media cares about all that, but I try to ignore that world anyway.”

Source : Source: www.buzzfeed.com
“Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them. What we're talking about here is metaphor. Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art, if it is not art itself. Metaphor is our vocabulary for connecting what we are experiencing now with what we have experienced before. It's not only how we express what we remember , it's how we interpret it - for ourselves and others.”

Source : Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster
“Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.”
“That's the name of the game ... pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.”

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