You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Bus: Celebrating mediocrity in a world that tries too hardAllen & Unwin, 28 трав. 2014 р. - 222 стор. In You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Bus, Carrie Cox heroically reclaims the sullied reputation of mediocrity. And along the way redefines success, reveals the meaning of life, and gets us through that awkward lull between the cricket and footie season (not bad for just 220 pages, huh?) A real person's guide to getting by in this difficult thing called life, Carrie Cox rightly shows that basic survival and so-called ordinariness are not only big asks, they're bloody great achievements. The mediocre among us should be profiled, recognised and celebrated - heck, who didn't love Steve Bradbury that little bit more for the way he won his Olympic gold? Brimming with humour and lashings of philosophical genius, You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Bus is full of modern day wit and wisdom as well as a look at mediocrity's historic evolution: the twists and turns, people and events that paved its slide from a measure of greatness (circa June 1528) to a modern mark of obscurity. But no more! says this modern bible of self-appreciation, mediocrity will have its day on the sun-lounge again. You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Bus is for anyone who's tired of trying to do it all: working mums, those finding the corporate ladder is more like a fireman's pole, jaded singles, guys trying to be there' and still follow their favourite code - it's a sea-change for the psyche. And a bloody good laugh. |
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Great expectations | 16 |
The essentially ordinary guide to health wealth and wisdom | 56 |
The essentially ordinary guide to love | 98 |
The essentially ordinary guide to parenting | 130 |
A short mediocre guide to history | 153 |
A life more ordinary | 199 |
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You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Bus: Celebrating Mediocrity in a ... Carrie Cox Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2006 |
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Сторінка 153 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Сторінка 82 - Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.
Сторінка 9 - A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Сторінка 98 - When this I do descry, Then thus think I : Love is the fart Of every heart; It pains a man when 'tis kept close, And others doth offend when 'tis let loose.
Сторінка 78 - It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Сторінка 16 - Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Сторінка 72 - I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing," the British politician Bruce Grocott said, "the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.
Сторінка 80 - A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Сторінка 56 - Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Сторінка 90 - Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God." "Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.