Here Comes The Night |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
I could see right out my window | |
Walkin’ down the street, my girl | |
With another guy | |
His arm around her | |
Like it used to be with me | |
Whoa, it makes me want to die | |
Yeah yeah yeah | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | To Our #IdiotInChief: Wear A Mask! |
2019 | Silent Purpose |
2018 | Just Bake The Cake, Man |
2017 | Visible Proof |
2016 | Poor Enough Means |
2015 | Still Standing |
Follow Your Heart | |
2014 | Just Reminded |
2013 | A Fine Balance |
2012 | One Measure |
2011 | Seeking The Common Ground |
In Brightest Day… | |
Archive for June 20th, 2021
Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Favorite Lines, Here Comes The Night -- music video, Included Video, Quotes, Them, Van Morrison, YouTube on June 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Be Interesting
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Achievement, Archeology, Experiences, Failure, Kurt Vonnegut, Philosophy, Quotes, Talent, Winning on June 20, 2021| 2 Comments »
When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes. | |
And he went WOW. That’s amazing! And I said, “Oh no, but I’m not any good at ANY of them.” | |
And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: “I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.” | |
And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could “Win” at them. | |
— Kurt Vonnegut | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | To Our #IdiotInChief: Wear A Mask! |
2019 | Silent Purpose |
2018 | Just Bake The Cake, Man |
2017 | Visible Proof |
2016 | Poor Enough Means |
2015 | Still Standing |
Follow Your Heart | |
2014 | Just Reminded |
2013 | A Fine Balance |
2012 | One Measure |
2011 | Seeking The Common Ground |
In Brightest Day… | |