Teaching art is a tough thing to do. It's a great thing to do and an important thing to do. But not everyone can do it with grace and generosity.via Sigourney Weaver, kick-ass queen, swaps Ripley for granny, but don't expect nice by Sigourney Weaver.
CounterCultureWarrior on Hope:
Hope helps our ideas grow and bear fruit. Hope is not a dream, it is a force that gives our life meaning.via Customer Review of Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit by CounterCultureWarrior.
we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created themvia The Conversation - Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour (Profile) by Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour.
Competition is tough but it drives innovation and creativity.via Shattered dreams are what makes Wimbledon by Matthew Syed.
Cadel Evans on Calmness:
Stay calm. Enjoy the race. Do your bestvia Tour de France 2017: Cadel Evans tells Richie Porte to 'stay calm' and cycle on by Rupert Guinness.
Paul Ford on Familiarity:
Let people get used to you.via Ten Minutes of Silence by Paul Ford.
engineering is the art of optimisation, it's not the pursuit of perfection, certainly not at the other extreme - the acceptance of compromisevia 'National Electricity Market reform – a blueprint for the future' National Press Club Address (Wed 21 Jun 2017) by Alan Finkel.
