Saturday, May 2, 2026

Work, Work, Work...

My hunger is not for success,
it is for excellence.

Mike Krzyzewski


Don't climb mountains so that people
can see you. Climb mountains so
that you can see the world.

David McCullough Jr.


Don't pray for lighter burdens,
but for stronger backs.

Buddha


All anyone really requires to start a successful
career is a sound mind, a healthy body,
and a genuine desire to be as much service
as possible to as many as possible.

Napoleon Hill


No matter how isolated you are and how
lonely you feel, if you do your work truly
and conscientiously, unknown friends
will come and seek you.

Carl Jung


God sells us all things at the price of labor.
Leonardo da Vinci


Your work is going to fill a large part of your life,
and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do
what you believe is great work. And
the only way to do great work
is to love what you do.

Steve Jobs



The quality of your work reflects the quality
of your character. Focus on excellence in
all you do, and success will follow.

Epictetus


The worst thing that we can do as women
is not stand up for each other, and this is
something we can practice every day,
no matter where we are and what we do
women sticking up for other women,
choosing to protect and celebrate each other
instead of competing or critizing each other.

Amal Clooney


Recognize that your birth was a response to
the world's requirements, not solely
your own wishes.

Epictetus

Friday, May 1, 2026

Asian Stereotypes

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons.
That's the way that we attack people. At an
artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.

Junot Diaz




"Neoteny" is "remaining young" and... human
evolution has been dominated by it. Behavioral
traits such as curiosity about the world,
flexibility of response, and playfulness is common
to all young mammals... Humanity has
advanced, not because it has been sober,
responsible, and cautious, but because it has
been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Tom Robbins


It is not the strongest of the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin


The most potent weapon in the hands
of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Steven Bantu Biko


The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are
somehow different than our brothers and sisters,
allows for all the great evils.

Anna Quindlen


The problem with stereotypes is not that they are
untrue, but that they are incomplete.
They make one story become the only story.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



Eroticism is first and foremost
a thirst for otherness.

Octavio Paz