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STATUS QUOtes — 20230421

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Still, obviously, one can’t be sensible all the time.” — Albert Camus

“There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.” — Nancy Spain

“As often happens between people who have chosen different ways, each of them, while rationally justifying the other’s activity, despised it in his heart. To each of them it seemed that the life he led was the only real life, and the one his friend led was a mere illusion.” — Leo Tolstoy

“Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn’t have to advertise it.” — Will Rogers

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230417

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“A man must have limits and cannot give in to the wild desires to be everything and everyone and everything to everyone.” — Saul Bellow

“Adversity is like the period of the rain … cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate.” — Walter Scott

“If you cannot be open minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you.” — Bryant McGill

“I love a good nap. Sometimes it’s the only thing getting me out of bed in the morning.” — George Costanza, Seinfeld

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230413

Jeff


“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.” — Felix Cohen

“We consider speech to be the result of thought (we have a thought, then select a sentence with which to express it), but thought also results from speech (as we grope, in words, toward meaning, we discover what we think).” — George Saunders

“Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

“I never eat in a restaurant that’s over a hundred feet off the ground and won’t stand still.” — Calvin Trillin

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230415

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.” — Winston Churchill

“Learning is like Scanderbeg’s sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child.” — R. Chamberlain

“If you don’t like the Fruits you are growing, then change the Seeds you are sowing.” — Ravi V. Melwani

“I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.” — Eugene Ormandy

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230411

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” — Richard Feynman

“Once upon a time…there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” — Terry Tempest Williams

“What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” — Mignon McLaughlin

“I’m not an insomniac. It’s just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down.” — Joyce Rachelle

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230409

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something to say.” — Michael P. Hart

Referring to Artificial Intelligence – “We’re on the doorstep of a new age — don’t be a bystander.” — Jim VandeHei

“Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour. If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?” — Charlotte Brontë

“Now, see, that’s why you want Internet friends. You can find people just exactly like you. The trouble is, once you filter out everybody that doesn’t agree with you, all that’s left is maybe this one retired surfer guy living in Idaho.” — Barbara Kingsolver

 

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First Attempt at Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Jeff

As someone who has had a life-long interest in drawing and photography, I was excited to be invited to try Adobe’s Artificial Intelligence image generating software Firefly. The program is in Beta format so nothing is “owned” by the users at this point and everything generated under the Beta is restricted from commercial use. I have been using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for years and they are top-notch products.


Adobe Firefly Introductory Video


One thing I have come to appreciate about Adobe and their evangelists such as Terry White, is their constant work towards creating a better product and end-user experience. That is why I patiently waited for Adobe’s entrance into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) realm. It is not currently the leader in this field, but I have a strong feeling that they will eventually be one of the best.

I am also excited to be able to learn as I go and provide valid feedback to enable the Adobe team to continue to make improvements and enhancements. To quote Jim VandeHei from Axios, “We’re on the doorstep of a new age — don’t be a bystander.”

With that being said, this is my first attempt at producing a Text to Image picture. I encourage anyone who is interested to give it a try. You will have to have an Adobe ID. Click HERE for complete details regarding how to access the Beta version of Adobe Firefly.

 


 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230407

Jeff

STATUS QUOtes — 20230407

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“My unpleasant past has given me wisdom to build a pleasant future.” — Sheldon Pereira

“Everyone deserves one grand adventure, that one time in life that we always get to point back to and say, Then … then I was really living.” — Cora Carmack

“The most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal.” — Richard Branson

“Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment.” — Betty White

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230405

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“In real life, the dots aren’t numbered.” — Regina Brett

“The arc of the moral universe does not bend toward justice. It has to be bent, and this requires sheer force of will. It demands our sharpest focus and most concentrated effort. History does not move in a straight line; it has to be dragged, kicking and screaming, all the way down the line.” — Bono

“When you go to a quiet corner of the world, don’t try to add liveliness, what suits there is only calmness.” — Mehmet Murat Ildan

“All I know is that when I needed McDonald’s , McDonald’s was there for me.” — James Franco

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20230403

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Birds build nests because they cannot fly forever.”  —  Matshona Dhliwayo

“My definition of ‘made it’ is when you no longer have anxiety dreams about showing up to a school final exam and realizing you haven’t been to the class all year.”  —  Sahil Bloom

“When you choose to collect experiences rather than things, you never ever run out of storage space.”  —  Joshua Becker

“Every Sunday morning, Jeff (Bezos) makes pancakes. He wakes up early. He gets the Betty Crocker cookbook out every time, and I’m like, ‘OK, you’re the smartest man in the world; why don’t you have this memorized yet?’ But he opens it up every time: Exact portions make the best pancakes in the world.”  —  Derek Blasberg via Lauren Sánchez

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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