Comments on: A great human

By: Why Most Great Quotes Aren’t

Why Most Great Quotes Aren’t — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:05:23 +0000

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By: Gillian Pearce

Gillian Pearce — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:44:10 +0000

What an inspiring story!

This bit really brought me up short.

“Roger Ebert can’t remember the last thing he ate. He can’t remember the last thing he drank, either, or the last thing he said. Of course, those things existed; those lasts happened. They just didn’t happen with enough warning for him to have bothered committing them to memory.

What a reminder to pay attention to the little things. Really made me think.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:42:55 +0000

Glad you liked it, Andy – and I agree that his wife sounds fantastic.

Jon: I agree completely. But you knew that :o)

By: Jon Kjær Nielsen

Jon Kjær Nielsen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:34:39 +0000

Great words, and they got me thinking. It’s quite a blow to the whole top-performance hype, where life is about maxing out on achievements, succes, and working your butt off. Like you discuss in the many articles on the Cult of Overwork ect.
Life is about making yourself happy, so you can make others happy. Rather sounds like something that can be achieved while still being home in time for an early supper… Love it.

By: Andy Levy-Stevenson

Andy Levy-Stevenson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:12:54 +0000

I just read it last night and was similarly moved – quite an extraordinary man, and clearly a man blessed with an extraordinary wife. She’s been so supportive through Ebert’s terrible ordeal.