My personal philosophy and my passion, developed over time and through exposure to many different experiences, is to connect new ideas with a growing sense of empathy for other people. Ideas excite me. Empathy grounds and centers me.
“it doesn't matter what the challenge is -athletics, business, romance, health, academics, the arts- the rule for getting up is the same. you just get up!”
― The Great Eight: How to Be Happy Even When You Have Every Reason to Be Miserable
― The Great Eight: How to Be Happy Even When You Have Every Reason to Be Miserable
“I love the Olympics, because they enable people from all over the world to come together and--regardless of their political or cultural differences--accuse each other of cheating.”
― Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
― Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
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