At Age 23, Tina Fey Was Working At A YMCA. At Age 23, Oprah Was Fired From Her First Reporting Job.

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker. At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it.

Never tell yourself you missed your chance.

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.

You can do it. Whatever it is.

A reminder:

Sometimes it might feel like you’ve been standing in one place forever or you took a huge step backward, but try to remember that you write because you love to write. You might not have any books published, or an agent, or a publishing contract, but hopefully you’re working on something that means a lot to you. No matter what, no one can take that away from you. People might hate your writing or criticize you, but please don’t let that stop you.

Keep writing because it makes you happy.

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kiminitodokestuff

9 years ago

Studio Ghibli vocabulary in German

Studio Ghibli - Studio Ghibli das Zeichentrickfilmstudio - animation studio der Regisseur - director (male) die Regisseurin - director (female) der Produzent - producer (male) die Produtzentin - producer (female) der Drehbuchautor - screenwriter (male) die Drehbuchautorin - screenwriter (female) der Comiczeichner - comic artist (male) die Comiczeichnerin - comic artist (female) der Cutter - editor (male) die Cutterin - editor (female) der Komponist - composer (male) die Komponistin - composer (female) der Film - film der Anime - anime der Zeichenrtickfilm - animation Nausicaä aus dem Tal der Winde - Nausicaä of the Vally of the Wind Das Schloss im Himmel - Castle in the Sky Die letzten Glühwürmchen - The Grave of the Fireflies Kikis kleiner Lieferservice - Kiki’s Delivery Service Tränen der Erinnerung – Only Yesterday Porco Rosso - Porco Rosso Flüstern des Meeres - Ocean Waves Pom Poko - Pom Poko Stimme des Herzes - Whisper of the Heart Prinzessin Mononoke - Princess Mononoke Meine Nachbarn die Yamadas - My Neighbours the Yamadas Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland - Spirited Away Das Königreich der Katzen - The Cat Returns Die wandelende Schloss - Howl’s Moving Castle Die Chroniken von Erdsee - Tales from Earthsee Ponyo - Die Abenteuer am Meer - Ponyo Arrietty – Die wundersame Welt der Borger - Arrietty Der Mohnblumenberg - From Up on Poppy Hill Wie der Wind sich hebt - The Wind Rises Die Legende der Prinzessin Kaguya - The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Erinnerungen an Marnie - When Marnie Was There

Translated from @blackteaandlanguages Studio Ghibli vocabulary in Finnish

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kiminitodokestuff

7 years ago

To other people, it sometimes seems like nothing at all. You are walking around with your head on fire and no one can see the flames.

Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive (via studyandcry)

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