“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away.”
― Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4,
1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights
activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of
essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies,
and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and
more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven
autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The
first, I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17
and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect
them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect
in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life,
karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the
difference in my life.”
― Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs born Abdul Lateef Jandali; February 24, 1955 –
October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and business magnate. He was the
chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and a co-founder of Apple Inc., chairman and
majority shareholder of Pixar,
a member of The Walt Disney
Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar, and
the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.
Jobs and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
are widely recognized as pioneers of the microcomputer
revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
“I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the
way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.”
― Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker,
musician, and political figure. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide,
he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy
of spaghetti
Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan
in the five Dirty Harry
films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made
Eastwood an enduring cultural icon
of masculinity. In “Gran Torino” Mr.
Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran, retired Ford line worker
and full-time bigot who stews on his porch watching his block being taken over
by Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. The film features a large Hmong American cast, as
well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest
son, Kyle,
provided the score.
Gran Torino opened via a limited theatrical release
in North America
on December 12, 2008, and later to a worldwide release on
January 9, 2009. Set in Detroit,
Michigan, it is the first
mainstream American film to feature Hmong Americans. Many Lao Hmong war
refugees resettled in the U.S. following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975
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