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AFI 100 Movie Quotes

May 23rd, 2007 by Laura Moncur in Quotations

If your fill for movie quotes hasn’t been satiated, here is a montage of quotes from the AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies. How Moonstruck was ranked higher than The Wizard of Oz is a mystery to me, but I love to see lists like this.

Strangely, these are FAMOUS quotes, but they aren’t really inspirational or particularly funny. I found myself agreeing that certain quotes HAD to be on the list, but I don’t find them particularly compelling. It makes me want to make a collection of my own most inspirational quotes from movies and television.

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

May 21st, 2007 by Laura Moncur in Quotations

If you have ever been the type to notice numbers in the spoken word, you’ll want to watch this video. It has quotes from 100 movies that all mention numbers. It’s a countdown from 100 to 1. I thought it would be stupid, but it’s strangely enjoyable watching. I found myself eagerly listening for the next number in the list. Here is a link to the list of movies:

I would have like to see the quotes listed as well. Are there any quote-(and number)-obsessed fans out there willing to transcribe this?

Via: 100 quotes from 100 movies featuring the numbers 1 through… (kottke.org)

Quotation Forum Fluff Game: Now It’s Your Turn

March 10th, 2007 by Laura Moncur in Quotations

I have been thoroughly entertained for the last half hour reading the game in the Quotations Forum called: Now It’s Your Turn. You can see it here:

This is the description of the game from our inventive QuoteMaster, libra&libra:

Hello Friends;

It is a real funny and interesting game that I am inviting you all to share with me.

We know that words are infinite, so the game is to pick up any word at random that passes by your mind and the one who follows has to construst a meaningful sentence using the word that you suggested before.

After typing the sentence, he has to leave another random word for the one who follows and so on….

For example: I will suggest the word “Schools” and the one who follows has to use “Schools” in a sentence of his own for instance: “Don’t let schools stand in the way of your education.”

Once you post your quotation, you get to choose the next word. They have been playing this game for seven months and the range of words have been funny, inspiring and just plain enjoyable.

The last word looking for a quotation was posted today: Strength.

Know any good strength quotations? If you do, log onto our forum and play the Now It’s Your Turn Game!

Touch Your Customer

March 6th, 2007 by Laura Moncur in Links, Quotations

I’m sure this quotation was meant to mean, touch your customer emotionally, but my first instinct was the physical interpretation. It’s true. If you physically touch people, they respond positively as long as it is a minor touch, not some personal-space intruding touch.

Either way, you have to reach your customer. Don’t just tell them that you exist. Tell them how you’ll help them exist.

For more customer oriented talk, see Kathy Sierra’s website:

Creating Passionate Users

Never Fit For Real Work

January 24th, 2007 by Laura Moncur in Quotations

Sometimes I feel like this. I feel like I will never be fit for real work. I tried. I really don’t know what my problem is. I guess the kind of company that is worth my devotion is rare. I work hard and I relax hard. Sometimes I work so hard that I can’t do any work for weeks on end. A 9 to 5 job just doesn’t let me work in spurts like that. They need me to come in every day.

Working for myself is harder than working for someone else, but I’ve finally found that company that is worth my devotion: my own.


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