“Sometimes you feel down & depressed & don’t understand why no matter how hard you work, things [are] still not going right. Well I want you to know that I think you are AMAZING & I want you to continue to PUSH! We all have them days even ya favorite artists, but we keep going.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“We all know one of the hardest thing(s) to do is LET GO! Most of the time it’s because you might be comfortable but not happy! Welp! If [you're] in something or around people that’s not uplifting & holding you back, you must LET IT GO. Maybe you will see a difference & get ya blessings.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“I never LOOKED the part [that] I was always DIFFERENT. My STYLE & SOUND which took many more than one listen to understand me, but I didn’t know how to be anyone but MYSELF, & here I am, a walking TESTIMONY for those who been told it won’t work. I say KEEP DOING YOU.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu
“"You don't have to rush. You have careers to launch, debts to pay, spouses to meet and marry. That's enough for now. But in the course of your lives, without any plan on your part, you'll come to see suffering that will break your heart. When it happens, and it will, don't turn away from it; turn to…”— Melinda Gates, news.stanford.edu
“There is no one more fascinating – no one more alive with the possibilities of life, no one more curious to learn from an adult or mentor who will spend some time with her. For energy…for spontaneity…for a sense of the full range of human emotion, there’s nothing like having a teenage girl in your l…”— Melinda Gates, gatesfoundation.org
“It takes a lot of strength to speak in public about your goals. And their strength proves the transformation that can happen when a young woman, at a crucial stage of her life, is empowered with the simple message that her dreams do matter.”— Melinda Gates, gatesfoundation.org
“I’ve laid awake so long I’ve watched the moon move across the sky I’m so tired I thought Maybe I’m a poem”— Ashley Nicole Black, twitter.com
“Changes only happen when we go totally against everything we’re used to doing.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“In order for the more substantial pieces of wood to catch fire, the kindling must burn first. In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”— Melinda Gates, amazon.com
“From the Leaves, and Downs, and Beards of Plants, we come at last to the Seeds; and here indeed seems to be the Cabinet of Nature, wherein are laid up its Jewels.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.com
“The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.com
“By this the Earth it self, which lyes so neer us, under our feet, shews quite a new thing to us, and in every little particle of its matter; we now behold almost as great a variety of Creatures, as we were able before to reckon up in the whole Universe it self.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.com
“True courage is about being honest with yourself. Especially when it’s difficult.”— Kate Erickson, Mr. Robot, Christian Slater, imdb.com