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On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#asked #average #below #big #depiction

We will not have peace by afterthought. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#peace #will

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#birth #carries #earth #free #gravity

But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#coach #complicated #i #keep #things

I won the city scoring championship as a senior. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#city #i #scoring #senior #won

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#big #big deal #deal #feeling #i

I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team. ↗

— Larry Brown

#coach #i #run #team #want

When I looked into the eyes of the people who knew Laci best, I saw something I didn't want to see: a group of people who desperately loved Laci, and who were beginning to suspect she wasn't coming home. ↗

— Amber Frey

#best #coming #coming home #desperately #eyes

We are not consumers. For most of humanity’s existence, we were makers, not consumers: we made our clothes, shelter, and education, we hunted and gathered our food. We are not addicts. “I propose that most addictions come from our surrendering our real powers, that is, our powers of creativity.” We are not passive couch potatoes either. “It is not the essence of humans to be passive. We are players. We are actors on many stages…. We are curious, we are yearning to wonder, we are longing to be amazed… to be excited, to be enthusiastic, to be expressive. In short to be alive.” We are also not cogs in a machine. To be so would be to give up our personal freedoms so as to not upset The Machine, whatever that machine is. Creativity keeps us creating the life we wish to live and advancing humanity’s purpose as well. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#addictions #consumer-culture #consumerism #creation #creativity

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#award #championship #important #important thing #most