THE ONE THING QUOTES ARCHIVE
YouTube video, Title: Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen, Uploaded on May 24, 2007, Uploaded by: steffyweffy777, (Quotation starts at 1 minute 20 seconds of 5 minutes 4 … Continue reading 1999 March 31, Chicago Tribune, “From column to song: ‘Sunscreen’ spreads to Chicago” by Mark Caro, Online Archive of Chicago Tribune, Chicago, … Continue reading The quotation was included in the lyrics. In 1999 the essay was transformed into a popular spoken-word song titled “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” by the prominent film director Baz Luhrmann who credited Schmich. 1997 August 13, Washington Post, Section: Editorial, “The Speech That Wasn’t”, Quote Page A20:1, Washington, D.C. Instead, the work was retitled “Wear Sunscreen” and was incorrectly described as a graduation speech given by the well-known author Kurt Vonnegut at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mary Schmich’s essay went viral and became a smash hit by August 1997, but the words were not credited to her. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.ĭon’t waste your time on jealousy. on some idle Tuesday.ĭon’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. Boldface has been added to excerpts below: 1997 June 1, Chicago Tribune, “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young” by Mary Schmich, C, Chicago, Illinois. She began her article with the statement: “Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out”, and she continued by presenting a staccato sequence of items of advice aimed at young students. Quote Investigator: An exact match for this quotation appeared within a June 1997 essay by Mary Schmich, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. But I have been unable to find any justification for this ascription. The above advice is typically attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt who was First Lady for many years and a noted social activist. Unjustified fears can constrain exploration and positive development.
Mary Schmich? Eleanor Roosevelt? Kurt Vonnegut? Baz Luhrmann? Ralph Waldo Emerson? Jane Addams? Mark Toby?ĭear Quote Investigator: To achieve personal growth it is sometimes necessary to move outside of a comfort zone.
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