34 Inspirational Chris Gardner Quotes from The Pursuit of Happyness!

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 movie based on the life story of Chris Gardner, the American businessman and motivational speaker. The movie features Will Smith in the lead role and bubbles with heart-thumping sparks of inspiration soaked generously with depth of emotion. The movie is also the story of a man with simple-straightforward values and a heart full of big dreams. While the character of Chris struggles and strives ahead in pursuing happiness, he inspires his son to follow his dreams and learn to build a shield of ignorance towards what other people seem to say or think about him. Here are 34 beautiful and inspiring dialogues from the movie, most of these the words of real Chris Gardner. Breeze through and get inspired!

#1 Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something, not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.

#2 That’s smart. Make a list.

#3 It’s an I in happiness, and there is no Y.

#4 This is part of my life story.

#5 You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That’s how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.

#6 It’s okay to fail; its not okay to quit.

#7 Claim ownership of your dreams.

#8 Always, always pursue happiness.

#9 I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.

#10 You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry ain’t coming.

#11 Strong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others.

#12 The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

#13 Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.

#14 Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.

#15 Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

#16 The world is your oyster. It’s upto you to find the pearls.

#17 Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you the moment you come into a room, that can’t be manipulated or shaken. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.

#18 The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn’t good enough, would be stilled.

#19 Martin Frohm: What would you say if man walked in here with no shirt, and I hired him? What would you say?

Chris: He must have had on some really nice pants!

#20 This part of my life... this part right here? This part is called 'being stupid.'

#21 This part of my life... this little part.... is called 'Happiness'.

#22 Because when I was young and I'd get an A on a history test or whatever... I'd get this good feeling about all the things I could be. And then I never became any of them.

#23 Christopher: Knock knock.

Chris: Who's there?

Christopher: Nobody.

Chris: Nobody who?

#24 Probably means there's a good chance. Possibly means we might or we might not.

#25 Can I say something? Um, I'm the type of person that if you ask me a question and I don't know the answer, I'm gonna tell you that I don't know.

#26 But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer.

#27 The money thing will come. I know so many people who have so much more money than I. They are miserable. It is so important to be happy.

#28 My mom taught me from a very early age that I could do anything I wanted to do.

#29 Do something that you love. Whatever you're going to do is going to be tough enough. Find something that gets you so excited that the sun can't come up early enough in the morning because you want to go do your thing.

#30 The movie is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can.

#31 I was homeless, but I wasn't hopeless. I knew a better day was coming.

#32 There is no plan B for passion.

#33 The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

#34 They all looked so damn happy to me. Why couldn’t I look like that?

A BIBLIOPHILE'S NOOK (feat. Spongebob Squarepants)

A BIBLIOPHILE’S NOOK 

Medleys of mystery
Chronicles of history
Trinkets of thrills
Suspense & Adventure chills
Chambers of chic-lits
Bibelots of bestseller hits
Rom-coms for rainy days
Evergreen Classics’ craze
The paparazzi of picture comics
Textbooks of chemistry and economics.
Stories and tales, sentimental, witty
Deep contemplations of spirituality
Pot-pourri of pop-culture
Fables for fantasy vultures
Portraits of poetry
Shacks of horror giving creeps
And scribbles for Sci-fi freaks
A bibliophile’s nook
Brimming with brambles of books!

Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is one of those books that one may read over and over again, and never get bored. It clangs and jingles with the outpourings of sentiments, sentiments which erupt from the pellmell of the juvenile years in the life of a boy named Holden Caufield.

Written in a 1st person narrative, the book gushes with the tohubohu of his adolescence and boyhood.
Irked by who he calls as “phonies”, aka his fellow schoolmates, Holden decides to leave his school Pencey Prep. Stepping into the rubbly arena of the outer world, Holden seems to feel alienated, disoriented and miffy at its absurdity. The text that follows in the book elaborates upon these emotions in a tangle of brilliantly-crafted interior monologue that turns out to be utterly savoury to the reading sense.

The book features an epistolary format, which means that it is written in the form of letters addressed to the reader and divided into chapters.
The Catcher in the Rye is a popular title among the community of writers though the first time I came across it was, while I was reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, coincidentally when I too was amidst my college life.
Talking about her experience of reading this book, Anne Lamott writes,

“When I read 'Catcher in the Rye' for the first time I knew what it was like to have someone speak for me, to close a book with a sense of both triumph and relief, one lonely isolated social animal finally making contact.” – Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Even more so, the book enjoys the spotlight in Gates Notes too, as Bill Gates’ Favourite Reads of 2013.

“I’ve read The Catcher in the Rye a bunch of times—it’s one of my favorite books ever.” – Bill Gates

Apart from Holden, his dorm-mates Stradlater and Ackley represent interesting characters, and so do the characters representing his school alumni Ossenburger, his history teacher Mr. Spencer, his English teacher Mr. Antolini and more.
Absolutely in love with the book, I have read The Catcher in the Rye dozens of times, and I look forward to reading it multiple times further and more. Without a speck of doubt, the book is my all-time favourite recommendation for all avid readers. And if you’re a writer, just read it my friend, just read it!
Moving ahead, here are some relatable and soul-stirring quotes from the book presented in a short video.

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Book Review: Password to Larkspur Lane

Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene
As much as the title of the book suggests, the novel reveals a mystery that unfolds like a gossamer trail of violet-pink larkspur flowers…

It is said that if one wishes to attract butterflies and hummingbirds in a garden, one should plant oodles of larkspurs there. In this case however, the mystery walks over to Nancy encapsulated in a letter capsule being carried by a homing pigeon.

The letter is a typewritten note containing a puzzling code-line: “Bluebells are singing horses”.

The note leads Nancy and her crew to a hilltop house where live a granny and a grandpa, who report witnessing apparitional rings of blue fire outside their house, several times since the past few days.

As more clues are gathered, the pieces of the puzzle begin taking a form. The crystal garden in the hilltop house, waiting to be robbed by a sanitorium’s doctor-gang who take elderly women as their patients, offering flimflam promises to restore their beauty.

Disguising as a nurse, Nancy disentombs the gang’s whereabouts, rescuing the senior citizens, as well as collaring the thieves from getting inside grannie’s crystal garden and getting their hands on the glinting crystal pieces.
Buzzing with oodles of thrill, engrossing scenes, cinematic characters and all things flowers, the novel is yet another immersive read from the Nancy Drew-Carolyn Keene series!



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LIFE’S SUNSET PRETTY PRETTY [feat. Charlie Brown]

 

LIFE’S SUNSET PRETTY PRETTY

[feat. Charlie Brown]

 

Plunging through

the uncharted waters

of uncertainty,

treading along

the gritty shores

of sorrow and pity,

Basking in the

warm orange glow

of heart’s love-filled suncity

Cassettey music

sprawling vermillion melodies

of a retro gold ditty

Tranquil slumbersome wisps

of the whispering soft breeze,

the life’s sunset pretty pretty,

the life’s sunset pretty pretty

the life’s sunset pretty pretty!

 

SEASONS WITH SNOOPY | Poem

 

​Tap, tip-tip!

The monsoon clock ticks;
Yellow, green and brown,
Autumn's here, leaves fall down.
Then comes the snow,
Ahh! I hear my nose blow!

Spring brings flowers

And bathing in cool-cool showers

Uhh! Its Summer!

In hot siz​​zling air, all water disappears!

Seasons show to and fro

Some are my favourite

And some are so-so!

But I always stand here,

Watching them come and go...

As if listening to the music 

Ho oho, oh ho oho!

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47 Unforgettable Quotes from ALICE IN WONDERLAND!

ALICE

#1  “I’m sorry, but how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?”

#2 “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”

#3 “Curiouser and curiouser!”

#4 “Oh dear, I do wish I hadn’t cried so much.”

#5 “When I get home I shall write a book about this place.”

#6 “It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”

#7 “But that’s just the trouble with me. I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.”

#8 I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

#9 No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.

#10              Mad Matter: ""Have I gone mad?""

Alice: ""I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are."

#11               Tweedledee: he is mad.

Alice: The Hatter? Yes, I know... That's his muchness. That's what makes him so... him!

Tweedledee: But he's grown darker. Less dafter.

Tweedledum: Denies himself laughter.

Cheshire Cat: And no scheme of ours can raise any sort of smile. We rather hoped you might help us save him.

#12               Hatter is my truest friend. If he's in need, I'll help him, no matter what.

#13               “When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!”

#14               "The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."

#15               Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Six impossible things. Count them Alice. One. There's a potion that can make you shrink. Two. And a cake that can make you grow. Three. Animals can talk. Four, Alice. Cats can disappear. Five. There's a place called Wonderland. Six. I can slay the Jabberwocky.

MAD HATTER

#16               "In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream-

Lingering in the golden gleam-

Life, what is it but a dream?"

#17               Mad Hatter: In the gardens of memory, in the palace of dreams, that is where you and I will meet.

Alice: But a dream isn't reality...

Mad Hatter: Who's to say which is which?

#18              "I've always wondered when soon is."

#19               There’s a place like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery and danger. Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter, which luckily I am!

CHESHIRE CAT

#20              "You’ve been gone too long, Alice. There are matters which might benefit from your attention. Friends cannot be neglected."

#21               When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, When the clock strikes heavy and there's no time for tea. And in our darkest hour, before my final rhyme, she will come back home to Wonderland and turn back the hands of time.

#22               “Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”

#23 Alice: "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

Cheshire Cat: "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to".

Alice: 'I don't much care where -' 
Cheshire Cat: 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

Alice: '- so long as I get somewhere,' 

Cheshire Cat: 'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough."

#24              “I am not crazy; my reality is just different from yours.”

#25              "Every adventure requires the first step."

#26              “When you’ve understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can’t understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.”

#27               “The proper order of things is often a mystery to me.”

#28              “The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die.”

#29              No one does play fair if they think they can get away with it.

#30             “I’m stranger. You’re stranger. Together, we are… strangers.”

#31               “We are all victims in-waiting.”

#32              “It’s always tea time.”

#33              Never let anyone drive you crazy.

#34              And let your need guide you're behaviour.

#35              I never get involved in politics.

WHITE QUEEN

#36              Alice, you cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours, because when you step out to face that creature, you will step out alone.

#37              I have vowed to never harm any living creature.

RED QUEEN

#38              “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.”

#39              “It is better to be feared than to be loved.”

#40             “Off with his head!”

TIME

#41               "Everyone parts with everything eventually my dear."

#42              Time is not money, nor is he your enemy!

#43              "The magnificent grand clock of all time. He is me and I am he. All of that was or ever shall be."

#44              "It is said that time is no man's friend, but I will remember you. Please don't come back."

#45              “Tick-tock your time is up!”

#46              I am time, the infinite, the eternal, the immortal, the immeasurable, unless you have a clock!

#47              No more wasting me!

51 Witty & Trippy Mockup Project Ideas To Enhance Your Writing Quality &...

#1 Build a dictionary/encyclopedia on Youtube
#2 Create your own thesaurus and style guide for your occupation or profession
#3 Make Your Personal Question Bank – A glossary of various types of questions
#4 Build Your Personal Brand QR Code
#5 Don't add Page Numbers in Contents while self publishing books on Amazon [To prevent poor formatting]
#6 Create an editorial calendar for yourself
#7 Make a folder for research material while content writing
#8 Make a quote calendar – a quote for a day
#9 Make a video glossary of your favourite writing project
#10    Make checkerboards and grids for tracking project days [project goal grid]
#11    Make a collection of creative writing phrases
#12    Divide your time between ‘Research Time’, and ‘Writing Time’. Further divide your Writing Time between various categories of writing – freelance, short story, free writing, etc.
#13    Craft your own little writing zines or chapbooks
#14    Add audio files for newsletters and mail replies than text files!
#15     Make research-time ideabooks
#16    Make a collection of Quotes by Famous Poets/Authors
#17    Collect some interesting Youtube descriptions in your swipe file
#18    Write and create a mock corporate zine
#19    Make a folder of submissions, participations and commissions
#20    Make a Stream of consciousness writing Notebook

#21    Set chunks of research time and writing time to fix the writing schedule
#22    Make your own invoice system
#23    Make a logbook, workbook or registers to track your daily free writing
#24    Publish your documents and ebooks on Google books to promote
#25     Publish and sell your articles on Kindle
#26    Practice Word Associations
#27    Write 1000 words a day for a month
#28    Make a Word box – Pick a word prompt and free write on it
#29    Create audio poetry in your voice. Publish it on Spotify, Youtube and/or Soundcloud!
#30    Greeting Poems For different occasions
#31    Make a world record in memorizing words
#32    Write and design an Interactive Textbook
#33    Make a pocket book of rejuvenating words, quotes and phrases
#34    Make a pocket book of topical quotes
#35     Take one prompt/experience and fill the entire notebook, writing each day on the same prompt!
#36    Publish low-content books on KDP!
#37    Brainstorm and jot down a list of ideas to make typical books appear visually interesting
#38    Discover new words – of your own – made up words
#39    Write Letters to Anything and Everything – people, things, animals, flowers etc.
#40    Write food poetry
#41    Write fashion poetry with washi tapes
#42    Write mock captions for various occasions
#43    Write one-line stories using Twitter moments
#44    Write a heart-touching poetry in Hindi
#45    Write mock-ups for Product Stories/Product Copies
#46    Write recipe mock-ups for food bloggers, vloggers, photographers, yourself and likewise
#47    Create a shoppable or ready-made content package
#48    Practice writing witty/creative/quirky resumes
#49    Make a visual poetry book – one long poem spread out in one little chapbook
#50    Write a collection of Riddle Poems
#51     Make a notebook for character sketches for fiction