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Day 01 -> Your favourite song
Day 02 -> Your favourite movie
Day 03 -> Your favourite television program
Day 04 -> Your favourite book
Day 05 -> Your favourite quote
This one is going to be hard, only because I collect quotes and have been for 9 years. I love that they’re short little bursts of inspiration, humor, and comfort. Tweets that transcend the mundane.
My favorites are the ones I put on my Facebook (I took out the ones with song lyrics):
“I’m a writer, but then nobody’s perfect.” – Billy Wilder
Apparently, Billy has this on his headstone. I love that in the end that’s what he wanted to be remembered as: a writer, a profession that no one has ever been applauded for unless you’re super duper famous. The “nobody’s perfect” is the last phrase from “Some Like It Hot,” when Jack Lemmon’s Daphne tells his paramour Osgood that he’s not really a girl, but a man. Osgood shrugs it off and goes, “Nobody’s perfect.” Another favorite line from one of Billy’s movies is when Shirley MacLaine’s Fran tells Baxter in “The Apartment” to “shut up and deal” after he has professed his love for her. Of course, anyone who has seen those movies would say the same thing. That’s what I want my legacy to be as a writer, leave ‘em laughing despite the odds.
“A woman alone is a danger.” – Anita Diamant
“The Red Tent” was such a great read. I read it Women and Literature my last semester at college, and it stuck with me. There was something comforting about Dinah’s story, like it really had been passed down through the ages and finally, I get to hear it for myself. There’s something about sharing a common bond with women before you that cannot be justified in words. The full quote is actually “Where are your judges? Where are your elders?” There’s a character called Inna who worked as a midwife. She helped a teenaged girl give birth to a stillborn but the mother ended up losing her life too. The girl’s “husband” (if you could call him that) yelled at her and said the quote. Of course, in those days, women were meant to be second-class to the men in their family: brothers, fathers, husbands, etc. But Inna was an independent woman and lived on her midwife skills after her family all passed. So she runs to Jacob’s family for refuge. But that line in the quote alone makes you think. It’s true. If you see a woman alone there must be something wrong with her, even if there’s not.
“You’re either in love with what you do, or you’re not in love.” – Ray Bradbury
The anniversary edition of “Fahrenheit 451″ had a special interview with Ray Bradbury and he summed up his career as an author thusly. I printed it out and stuck it prominently on my computer desk. It’s a constant reminder that what I’m doing with my life right now is not where I want to be, that there is something much bigger out there for me. Love will always be a catalyst to get things done, and this quote reminds me of it.
“History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind… with a bucket!” – Mrs. Lintott, The History Boys
History – which I minored in at university – has had a problematic existence. I love it, because I love learning about the past. There’s so much to know about how we’ve evolved throughout the years as a people. But men really are at the center of mainstream history (i.e. history taught in schools), and it’s annoying, to say the least. Of course, there are female scholars doin’ their thing now. I took a couple of female-centric history classes myself. But we still have LOADS to do to even begin to be accepted.
“Kurt Cobain is a tree in the seventh circle of hell!” – J.S.
One of my favourite lit professors in college taught a Medieval English Lit class. We were studying “Dante’s Inferno” and there is a spot in the seventh circle of hell for people who commit suicide, whether justified or wrongly. She’s probably the most quotable teachers I’ve ever had. She’s awesome. Everyone should have a teacher like that. And what teacher would make a crack about Kurt Cobain during a unit on “Dante’s Inferno?” Only her, bless.
Also, I just realized that my favorite quotes are from or about movies, books, and songs. Haha, I’m such a fangirl!
About Gill
I'm as American as apple pie, but as Asian as eggrolls.
The less that can be said about me, the better.
I’m not the kinda girl who likes to be alone
Day 01 ->
Your favourite songDay 02 ->
Your favourite movieDay 03 ->
Your favourite television programDay 04 ->
Your favourite bookDay 05 -> Your favourite quote
This one is going to be hard, only because I collect quotes and have been for 9 years. I love that they’re short little bursts of inspiration, humor, and comfort. Tweets that transcend the mundane.
My favorites are the ones I put on my Facebook (I took out the ones with song lyrics):
Apparently, Billy has this on his headstone. I love that in the end that’s what he wanted to be remembered as: a writer, a profession that no one has ever been applauded for unless you’re super duper famous. The “nobody’s perfect” is the last phrase from “Some Like It Hot,” when Jack Lemmon’s Daphne tells his paramour Osgood that he’s not really a girl, but a man. Osgood shrugs it off and goes, “Nobody’s perfect.” Another favorite line from one of Billy’s movies is when Shirley MacLaine’s Fran tells Baxter in “The Apartment” to “shut up and deal” after he has professed his love for her. Of course, anyone who has seen those movies would say the same thing. That’s what I want my legacy to be as a writer, leave ‘em laughing despite the odds.
“The Red Tent” was such a great read. I read it Women and Literature my last semester at college, and it stuck with me. There was something comforting about Dinah’s story, like it really had been passed down through the ages and finally, I get to hear it for myself. There’s something about sharing a common bond with women before you that cannot be justified in words. The full quote is actually “Where are your judges? Where are your elders?” There’s a character called Inna who worked as a midwife. She helped a teenaged girl give birth to a stillborn but the mother ended up losing her life too. The girl’s “husband” (if you could call him that) yelled at her and said the quote. Of course, in those days, women were meant to be second-class to the men in their family: brothers, fathers, husbands, etc. But Inna was an independent woman and lived on her midwife skills after her family all passed. So she runs to Jacob’s family for refuge. But that line in the quote alone makes you think. It’s true. If you see a woman alone there must be something wrong with her, even if there’s not.
The anniversary edition of “Fahrenheit 451″ had a special interview with Ray Bradbury and he summed up his career as an author thusly. I printed it out and stuck it prominently on my computer desk. It’s a constant reminder that what I’m doing with my life right now is not where I want to be, that there is something much bigger out there for me. Love will always be a catalyst to get things done, and this quote reminds me of it.
History – which I minored in at university – has had a problematic existence. I love it, because I love learning about the past. There’s so much to know about how we’ve evolved throughout the years as a people. But men really are at the center of mainstream history (i.e. history taught in schools), and it’s annoying, to say the least. Of course, there are female scholars doin’ their thing now. I took a couple of female-centric history classes myself. But we still have LOADS to do to even begin to be accepted.
One of my favourite lit professors in college taught a Medieval English Lit class. We were studying “Dante’s Inferno” and there is a spot in the seventh circle of hell for people who commit suicide, whether justified or wrongly. She’s probably the most quotable teachers I’ve ever had. She’s awesome. Everyone should have a teacher like that. And what teacher would make a crack about Kurt Cobain during a unit on “Dante’s Inferno?” Only her, bless.
Also, I just realized that my favorite quotes are from or about movies, books, and songs. Haha, I’m such a fangirl!
About Gill
I'm as American as apple pie, but as Asian as eggrolls.