The internet is awash with memes and instagram snapshots of inspirational quotes.\u00a0 There are times when I feel like the whole world has been overrun by those corporate motivational posters.\u00a0 You know the ones — DEDICATION and there’s a photo of a mountain and some Jack Handey style commentary on what dedication means.\u00a0 Or PERSEVERANCE and there’s a photo of a rowing team out on some frozen lake.\u00a0 Sometimes those posters\/images can be reworked for comical effect, one of my favorites being the Star Wars versions, like a despondent Storm Trooper sitting in a Death Star breakroom with the caption: “HINDSIGHT: Those WERE the droids you were looking for.”<\/p>\n
Be forewarned — there are heaps and heaps of terrible and downright offensive ones too — welcome to the internet, I guess.<\/p>\n
Still, there are some fine motivational quotes that pop up here and there — a google search will lead you to a seemingly infinite supply of them.\u00a0 Again, fair warning, internet searches also lead you down a dark path of awfulness.<\/p>\n
The other day I was reading a biography of Douglas Fairbanks entitled “The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks.”\u00a0 There’s a quote about “Doug” that I hope someday could be applied to me in even half-measures.<\/p>\n
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