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ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ ΧΛΑΠΑΝΗ
You don’t have to look like the things you like
stop trying to be cool girl
If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
“And all those people who made you feel like you were,” he says huskily, “have fucking terrible taste.”
Emily Henry • Book Lovers
There’s really no reason to study any footage of yourself, ever, unless you’re in the company of a voice coach or acting coach or publicist who is asking you to do so. You need to recognize that you can’t process your own image accurately. You look at footage and see a cringey monster. That’s not the way it looks to anyone else. We’re all like... See more
Heather Havrilesky • 'I'm a Rock Star in the Bathroom Mirror and a Malfunctioning Robot in Real Life!'
To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating... See more
Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) • Trial and error and error and error.
Years ago, when I was in my 20s, a bold and artistically daring older friend who has since passed on gave me what I often think was the best advice I have ever gotten. I was worrying what 'people would think' of a decision I had made, and she said, "Amanda, There is no audience."
Amanda Fortinix.comI am comfortable with doubt and am constitutionally resistant to moral certainty, herd mentality and dogma. I am disturbed on a fundamental level by the self-serving, toddler politics of some of my counterparts – I do not believe that silence is violence, complicity, or a lack of courage, but rather that silence is often the preferred option when... See more