“I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don’t like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma.” ~ Leslie MoonvesContinue reading “Dilemma”
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Tenacity
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” ~ Amelia Earhart Patience and tenacity are worth more thanContinue reading “Tenacity”
Another Sample from The Space Between Time
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ~ George Burns “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comesContinue reading “Another Sample from The Space Between Time”
Rethinking Meandering
“Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.” ~ Phillips Brooks “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ~ Douglas Adams “Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call inContinue reading “Rethinking Meandering”
Determined Meandering
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh “Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”Continue reading “Determined Meandering”
Sage Woman Chronicles 