Madalin Beck

Start over; my darling.  Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to be.

Alan Cohen

Alan Phillip Cohen: (geboren op 5 oktober 1954). Amerikaanse zakenman, vooral bekend als eigenaar van het Florida Panthers hockeyteam en als oprichter van verschillende generieke farmaceutische bedrijven, met name het in Davie, Florida gevestigde Andrx Corp. Cohen. The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you… Lees verder Alan Cohen

Jim Collins

Good is the enemy of great. Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.

Mitch Albom

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair. I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in… Lees verder Mitch Albom

Diogenus of Sinope

Diogenes of Sinope: (Sinope 404 BC – Corinth 323 BC). Greek philosopher from the school of cynics. Diogenes was born the son of a banker in Sinope, a Greek colony on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Initially, Diogenes followed in his father’s footsteps with a career in banking, however, after involvement in a… Lees verder Diogenus of Sinope

Salman Rushdie

Friendships are the family we make – not the one we inherit. I’ve always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family. One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting. It seems that the right of… Lees verder Salman Rushdie

Cadet Coquelin

Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin: (16 May 1848 – 8 February 1909). French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864. He graduated with the first prize in comedy and made his debut in 1867 at the Odéon. The next year he… Lees verder Cadet Coquelin