Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.
Harrison FordRead
I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that it's never too late to make significant changes in life, even at an older age.
Harrison Ford's quote reflects the universal truth that many people seek to transform their lives and pursue their passions at any stage of life, particularly in later years. He acknowledges that while he publicly navigates this journey, many others have undertaken similar changes quietly, suggesting that the desire for personal growth and reinvention is a common experience, regardless of age or recognition.
In practice
During a motivational speech about embracing change in later life.
Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.
To me, success is choice and opportunity.
'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change.
Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.
Movement has the capacity to take us to the home _x000D_ of the soul, the world within for which we have _x000D_ no name. Movement reaches our deepest nature, _x000D_ and dance creatively expresses it. Through dance, _x000D_ we gain new insights into the mystery of our lives. _x000D_ When brought forth from the inside and forged by _x000D_ the desire to create personal change, dance has the _x000D_ profound power to heal the body, psyche and soul.
You have to seed internal disruptors. You need sources of internal disruption. They don't guarantee your survival, but you have got to try.
When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
After the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the shutdown of much of New York City by Sandy in 2012, and now the devastation wrought on Texas by Harvey, the U.S. can and should do better.
The job market of the future will consist of those jobs that robots cannot perform. Our blue-collar work is pattern recognition, making sense of what you see. Gardeners will still have jobs because every garden is different. The same goes for construction workers. The losers are white-collar workers, low-level accountants, brokers, and agents.
We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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