When I discovered PopTech and other kind of intellectualish, online portals for curiosity. Very quickly, I just got so much more out of those than from so-called "Ivy League" education that I knew it was on me to keep myself stimulated, and to keep learning, more than anything. And, because I paid my way through college, I was working at Penn, two to four jobs at a time to pay for school.
We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the … - Maria Popova
We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the …
- Maria Popova
To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them - Maria Popova
To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them
In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of … - Maria Popova
In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of …
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a cele… - Maria Popova
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a cele…
Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world. - Maria Popova
Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.
Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious. - Maria Popova
Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other wit… - Maria Popova
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other wit…
When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are… - Maria Popova
When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are…
Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are. - Maria Popova
Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.
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