June 25, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily birthday quotations...

George Orwell (1903 – 1950):

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

and

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

and

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

Sidney Lumet (1924 – 2011):

“All good work requires self-revelation.”

Carly Simon (1945 - ):

“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.”

Sonia Sotomayor (1954 - ):

“When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this.”

Anthony Bourdain (1956 - ):

“Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”

and

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”

Ricky Gervais (1961 - ):

“Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.”

and

“The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.’ ”

and

“You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening - everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, "I did that.’ ”

and

“No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.”

Yann Martel (1963 - ):

“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”

and

“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”