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Category Archives: Quirky
Eminem on Nice
I don’t care if you are black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that!
Shaw on Adaptation
Brittain on War
Perhaps the careful study of man’s past will explain to me much that seems inexplicable in his disconcerting present. Perhaps the means of salvation are already there, implicit in history, unadvertised, carefully concealed by the war-mongers, only awaiting rediscovery to be acknowledged with enthusiasm by all thinking men and women. (Vera Brittain – British writer, feminist and pacifist – in Testament of Youth, 1933)
Peñalosa on Cities
An advanced city is not one where the poor use cars, but rather one where the rich use public transport. [Enrique Peñalos, former mayor of Bogotá]
Malala on Extremism
Deathbed Regrets
Interesting reading – a nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed:
- I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
- I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
- I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
- I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
- I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.
Environmental Issues in Chile
Juan Francisco Mackenna (President of the Chilean Australian Chamber of Commerce) notes that environmental issues are becoming more important as Chile has become more affluent. “In Australia, you have the NIMBY syndrome – Not In My BackYard. In Chile, it’s the BANANA Syndrome – Build Anywhere but Not Anywhere Near Anything!” Thanks to the Airport Economist Tim Harcourt for this quirky little gem.