Deborah

“Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle—that is, being human.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

“A lot of people in business say they have twenty years' experience, when in fact all they have is one year's experience, repeated twenty times.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

“People are fond of spouting out the old cliché about how Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. Somehow his example serves to justify to us, decades later, that there is merit in utter failure.
Perhaps, but the man did commit suicide. The market for his work took off big-time shortly after his death. Had he decided to stick around another few decades he most likely would’ve entered old age quite prosperous. And sadly for failures everywhere, the cliché would have lost a lot of its power.
The fact is, the old clichés work for us in abstract terms, but they never work out in real life quite the same way. Life is messy; clichés are clean and tidy.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

“If you're betrayed, release disappointment at once.
By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut