The World Motivation
They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
“They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.”
— Boris Pasternak · Ask
They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
No bad man can be a good poet.
February. Get ink, shed tears.
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.
My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it's the best thing you can have in your life.
We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?
I ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season.
When you lose, you have to look at yourself and ask 'where did I lose?' Do I need to change teams or something?
The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.