I strongly believe that who we are can be shown through our choices in popular culture. This includes the movies we watch, the music we listen to and the books we read. Here are a few of my favorites that I may recommend for others to look into.
Favorite Songs:
- "Bent" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Smooth" - Rob Thomas
- "Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles
- "Remembering Sunday" - All Time Low
- "Hands Down" - Dashboard Confessional
Favorite Movies:
- "Wedding Crashers"
- "Ocean's 11"
- "Wanted"
- "The Illusionist"
- "The Dark Knight"
- "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Favorite Books:
- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
- "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
- "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown
Favorite Quotes:
- "I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them." - Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
- "While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness." - Gilda Radner
- "Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it. If we would, we should have heaven on earth the very next day." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
- "Life is not about the accomplishments, no matter what people say. It is about the attempts we make, which show our passion to keep going and our aspiration to live better lives. Time could be measured out in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years, but our lives can only be measured out in one thing - moments." - Me (2008 editorial for Charter High Academic Times)
- "While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." - Apple's "Think Different" Ad
