Razvan Pandor

Doamne,
când atât de bine
mă simt singur
de ce-i grea singurătatea? 
de Ion Răşinaru

How many lives do we live?

How many times do we die?

They say we all lose twenty-one grams…

at the exact moment of our death.

Everyone.

And how much fits into thenwty-one grams?

How much is lost?

When do we loose twenty-one grams?

How much goes with them?

How much is gained?

….How….  much is gained?

Twenty-one grams.

The weight of a stack of five nickles.

The weight of a humming bird.

A chocolate bar.

How much do twenty-one grams weight?

Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.“

….bad/good starts ?

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” ~Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” ~Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” ~H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” ~Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

“I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.” ~Gary Cooper turning down “Gone With the Wind.”

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. ~Western Union internal memo, 1876.

“The concept is interesting… but to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” ~Yale professor on conceptual paper that became FedEx.

“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” ~Bill Gates, 1981.

“What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” ~Michael Dell on Apple, 1997.

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” ~Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate”

“I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you’d think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure. When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough, Just go get them. “

Ori buni, ori răi, tot un mormânt!
Nu-i nimeni drac şi nimeni sfânt!
Credinţa-i val, iubirea vânt
Şi viaţa fum!