Jeremiah

“Be the second smartest guy in the room. Listen to what the smartest guy says and then figure out how to say it.”
― Luke Sullivan, Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads

“That is the central double standard in ethnic racism: loving one’s position on the ladder above other ethnic groups and hating one’s position below that of other ethnic groups. It is angrily trashing the racist ideas about one’s own group but happily consuming the racist ideas about other ethnic groups. It is failing to recognize that racist ideas we consume about others came from the same restaurant and the same cook who used the same ingredients to make different degrading dishes for us all.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
― John Berryman

“Take pains. Be perfect.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream