Reading, Selena Gomez as Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place

Harper: Everyone knows those books. How could you not know about them? They're about wizards, like you guys.
Alex: Here's how. I don't read.
Justin: Not even menus. She points at the pictures.

- Selena Gomez as Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place, 2.11 Make It Happen (2008/2009)

Money, Chinese Proverb

Our brothers keep careful accounts.

- Chinese Proverb

Confidence, Western Proverb

Great ships require deep waters.

- Western Proverb

How Shinzo Abe could win the Nobel Peace Prize

June 3, 2013 5:50 pm
How Shinzo Abe could win the Nobel Peace Prize
By James Clad and Robert Manning

A grand gesture will endear Japan to its neighbours, say James Clad and Robert Manning

Shinzo Abe has summoned the ghosts of nationalism in the Pacific. Neighbouring countries are worried by the Japanese prime minister’s revisionism concerning the historical behaviour of his country. The impact of this on Sino-Japanese relations tends to receive most attention in the western media. But there is also an increasingly fractious relationship between Japan and South Korea. Here, though, Mr Abe can and should make a bold move to dramatically improve his standing and transform the region.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d22d9bb2-cc2e-11e2-bb22-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VI5rN4LG

Achievement, Michelangelo

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

- Michelangelo

Love, Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)

Barbarella: Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries!

- Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)

Honor, Chuang-tzu (莊子)

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

- Chuang-tzu (莊子)