"When I was a boy I was called a nerd all the time â€” because I didnâ€™t like sports, I loved to read, I liked math and science, I thought school was really cool â€” and it hurt a lot. Because itâ€™s never ok when a person makes fun of you for something you didnâ€™t choose. You know, we donâ€™t choose to be nerds. We canâ€™t help it that we like these things â€” and we shouldnâ€™t apologize for liking these things."

Source : "Wil Wheaton Stands Up For Nerds Everywhere In Touching Response To Young Fan". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2014.

Wil Wheaton

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“All creativity is a work in progress.”
“My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day with a smile on my face. I am among the ranks of millions of people who appreciate the souls of dogs and know they are a gift of pure love and an example of all that is good.”

Source : Jennifer Skiff (2013). “The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now.”
“There's something about looking at Super 8 films that is so evocative. You could argue it's the resolution of the film somehow because they aren't crystal clear and perfect,so there is a kind of gauzy layer between you and what you see. You could argue it's the silence of them. You could say it's the sound of the projector that creates a moodiness. But there's something about looking at analog movies that's infinitely more powerful than digital.”
“I have to be able to trust you with my life. Do you understand?”
“WE'VE BEEN READING THE MÃ–TLEY CRÃœE BOOK. THATS OUR HOLY BIBLE.”
“I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.”
“You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.”

Source : Letter to Denis Diderot. "The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany". Book by Colin Bingham, 1969.

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