“I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a lucky break.” ChildrenWishBreakStreetsTelevisionGeniusLuckyLuckThanksWorkshopsSesame StreetLucky Breaks Author:Joan Ganz Cooney
“On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.” FightingWishBreakFameDirectorsSequencePlague Author:Klaus Kinski
“Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.” MindReasonDeathDiesHopeWishSinAttentionCompanyBreakTroubleSunshineIntervals Book:The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776 Source: The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776
“We can only live the changes we wish to see: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create. We must break the obsolete social and economic systems that divide the world between the over-privileged and the under-privileged. Each of us, whether government leader or protester, business executive or worker, professor or student, share a common guilt.” ThinkingWorldWayGovernmentDesireHumanityWishSocialCommonLeaderBreakGroupsShareEconomicStudentsModelsGuiltEnvironmentalWorkersExecutivesDividesProfessorsPrivilegedStewardshipObsoleteEconomic Systems Author:Ivan Illich
“More than anything, my wish for you is this: That when your awful darkest days come, you will know you're not alone. Pain will tell you to keep quiet, but that's a lie. Life is fragile and we all break in different ways. I hope you know you can be honest. I hope you know that you can ask for help. Did you catch that? It is absolutely positively okay to ask for help. It simply means you're human. Help is real and it is possible; people find it every day.” PeopleKnowsWayHumansMeanDifferentRealHelpingPainLife IsLyingAsksWishBreakHonestQuietOkayAwfulBeing HonestDifferent WaysFragilePositivelyNot AloneMy WishLife Is FragileMy Wish For You Book:If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Source: If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For