Joined October 2011
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Quote du jour: “I wouldn't be surprised if poetry -- poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs -- is how the world works.” DAVID BYRNE, MUSICIAN, SINGER, SONGWRITER, FILMMAKER, VISUAL ARTIST
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Quote du jour: “I don't think there's any critic that believes a word that any other critic says.” GENE SHALIT, JOURNALIST, TELEVISION PERSONALITY, FILM AND BOOK CRITIC
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Pharid Jaffer retweeted
Canadian telecommunications company BCE is cutting hundreds of jobs to reduce operating costs as it makes heavy investments in its US internet and artificial intelligence businesses bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Quote du jour: “In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.” LIONEL MESSI, ARGENTINE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER
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Quote du jour: “The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.” STEPHEN JAY GOULD, PALEONTOLOGIST, EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST, WRITER
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Quote du jour: “Many times opportunity happens, and people don't understand it's an opportunity.” MARJANE SATRAPI, WRITER, FILM DIRECTOR, ARTIST
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Quote du jour: “My philosophy ... is that you are going to work really hard at this and then you're going to have one shot onstage, so you'd better give it everything you have.” CHARLIZE THERON, ACTOR, PRODUCER
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Quote du jour: “Everything you do, winning or losing, good or bad, it's feedback, not failure.” BILLIE JEAN KING, PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER
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Quote du jour: “Live your life now in a positive way. Help people if you can. Don't hurt people. That works perfectly for me, man.” SONNY ROLLINS, TENOR SAXOPHONIST, JAZZ MUSICIAN
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Pharid Jaffer retweeted
Mount Everest Guides See a Looming Catastrophe After the Poisoning Scandal Allegations of fraud and poisoning in Himalayan tourism have already had a huge impact on the Mount Everest guiding industry in Nepal. Expedition operators fear it’s going to get get worse. outsideonline.com/outdoor-ad…
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Quote du jour: “Passion and purpose are not the same thing. Passion brings you joy. Purpose brings you meaning. Passion gets you out of bed in the morning, but purpose allows you to sleep at night.” HARRISON FORD, ACTOR, PRODUCER
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Quote du jour: “It's important to never forget that your standard is the joke.” STEPHEN COLBERT, ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER, COMEDIAN, TELEVISION HOST
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Quote du jour: “Build something that didn't exist yesterday. Stand up for someone who can't stand up for themselves. Bring people together who weren't talking before. That's leadership.” HARRISON FORD, ACTOR, PRODUCER
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Quote du jour: “Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.” JASON COLLINS, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER
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Quote du jour: “I think we're drowning in mediocrity. I just try as hard as I can to raise the level of consciousness.” REX REED, FILM CRITIC, JOURNALIST
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