“The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.”

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it. I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.”

“Be nice to people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down.”

“A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”

“It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”

“Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.”

I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.” – Brad Pitt

“Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still have a big impact.”

“Whatever art form you’re working in, it’s crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.”

“Life’s tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.” –

“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.”

“Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.”

“He who has the gold makes the rules.”

“Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.”

“As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.”

“There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.”

This nice and inspiring collection of quotes are from some of our most well loved celebrities on the big screen, who have risen to the peak of their field through hard work, sacrifice and dedication, earning a little wisdom along the way.

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A cliché is an expression that was once innovative but has lost its novelty due to overuse. Take the phrase “as red as a rose” for example—it is a universal descriptor for the colour red that is now commonplace and unoriginal. Other examples of clichés include demarcations of time, such as “in the nick of time” and “at the speed of light.” Clichés also include expressions about emotions, such as “head over heels” to describe love, or the phrase “every cloud has a silver lining” to express hope in difficult situations.

Defining A Cliché

Have you ever watched a movie or TV show and noticed that a line of dialogue or a <a href="https://masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-the-first-plot-point-of-your-story">plot point</a> seemed familiar? Maybe a character says, "let’s get the hell out of dodge," or the film's hero is a prophesied "chosen one." These are both examples of clichés. If you're a beginner <a href="https://masterclass.com/articles/tips-for-becoming-a-screenwriter">screenwriter</a> wondering how to avoid using clichés in your own writing, there’s no better guide than <a href="https://www.masterclass.com/classes/shonda-rhimes-teaches-writing-for-television">acclaimed television writer and producer Shonda Rhimes</a>.

Clichés Everywhere

Your goal isn't to copy somebody that you admire, your goal is to be the thing that other people would admire themselves. Instead of borrowing from someone else's writing, make your own writing completely original. Make it your goal to write something so innovative that it becomes a new cliché.

Strive to Create a New Cliché

You can think of the dialogue you write as being the conversations that real people have—the kind you would overhear someone having if you were hiding in a closet in their house." One of the best ways to get a feel for how people actually talk is to pay attention to how people talk in the real world.

Eavesdrop on Real Conversations for Inspiration

You want your dialogue to have a real quality that doesn't feel like 'TV talk.' Authentic dialogue should sound the way people actually talk. In real life, people don't talk in complete sentences, they use the wrong words, they talk over each other, and nobody says all the perfect things at the perfect times.

Write Realistic Dialogue

There's almost nothing new under the sun. But there are different interpretations and different ways of thinking of things that are new." It's impossible to be one hundred percent unique all the time, so try putting a new twist on a familiar concept. Use a familiar idea as inspiration, and approach it from a new point of view. A great way to <a href="https://www.masterclass.com/articles/tips-for-writing-a-killer-plot-twist">create an effective plot twist</a> is to start with a clichéd premise, then subvert the audience’s expectations by going in a different direction.

Put A Spin On It

Get somebody else to read your dialogue out loud for you, because then you can really hear how it sounds. ” You might not realize you used a cliché until you hear it spoken out loud. When you finish your first draft, either read your dialogue aloud yourself or ask someone else to read it aloud for you. If you notice any overused phrases, go back and rewrite them in a fresh way.

Listen to Your Dialogue Read Aloud

Any line of dialogue that you've ever heard anybody say before is already a cliché, so don't write it down.When there are seemingly limitless ways to express a sentiment, why wouldn't you create an original sentence? If you're struggling to come up with fresh words, use a thesaurus—just be careful to not misuse an unfamiliar word.

6 Tips for Avoiding Clichés in Writing: If Your Dialogue Sounds Familiar, Write Something New

When working on your own screenplays, avoid these common clichés:“The wrong side of the bed.”“Think outside the box.”“Loose canon.”“Can of worms.”“What goes around comes around.”“Dead as a doornail.”“Plenty of fish in the sea.”“Ignorance is bliss.”“Like a kid in a candy store.”“You can’t judge a book by its cover.”“Take the tiger by the tail.”“Every rose has its thorn.”“Good things come to those who wait.”“In the nick of time.”"If only walls could talk.”“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”“The pot calling the kettle black.”“The grass is always greener on the other side.”

Common Clichés to Avoid in Your Writing

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When the festival returned in 2001, it featured a one-day lineup with audiences coming to see headliners like Janes Addiction, Weezer, The Roots, Paul Oakenfold, and Fatboy Slim. In 2012, the festival expanded to two weekends for the first time. Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg conjured a holographic version of the late Tupac Shakur. The added weekend earned Coachella a reported $47.3 million in gross revenue that year.

It now runs across two consecutive weekends, but it used to only be one day

Coachella has become a marketing opportunity for brands and celebrities. The first occurrence of the festival was barely publicized. But since the festival is covered so extensively, many major brands have used Coachella as a launchpad for social campaigns.

The festival is now a haven for brands and celebrities

Coachella sold out for the first time in 2004, drawing a crowd of 120,000. The 2004 festival was held across two days in May and featured acts such as Radiohead, Pixies, The Cure, and The Flaming Lips. Over the years the festival has incorporated interactive activations and installations for photo opportunities, including art exhibits, food trucks, a Ferris wheel, and brand-sponsored tents. In the last decade, Coachella has also provided a live stream of the first weekend of the festival to viewers on YouTube.

Coachella 2019 reportedly sold out in under an hour

Coachella wasn't always held in April. It was first held on October 9 and 10 in 1999 but reportedly topped 100 degrees each day. Since then, the festival moved to spring so that audiences can enjoy more tolerable weather. It typically falls in the middle two weeks of April.

The festival was originally held in October

The first-ever Coachella was held in October 1999 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. The hope was to attract 70,000 fans with a wide-ranging lineup of artists. The first Coachella lineup spanned multiple genres with standout performers like Beck, Rage Against The Machine, and Tool but was not profitable, selling only about 25,000 tickets. As a result, the festival was cancelled in 2000 but returned in 2001.

The first Coachella

Coachella turns 20 this year and the current festival is a far cry from its past iterations. Here's how much it has changed.

Coachella turns 20 this year. Here's how the festival has changed since the beginning.

The rituals of office work used to mean communication with colleagues was a given. Now, fewer than 30% of knowledge workers work from the office every day. Employees that switched to remote work became less connected. Groups also became static as workers focused on existing connections instead of making new ones. However, finding ways to restore these post-pandemic work communities may be key to ongoing wellbeing at work.

Remote working during the pandemic shrank employees' worlds

Introverts don't miss their colleagues as much, and those with caring responsibilities find the benefits of remote work outweigh any negatives. <ul><li>The onus is also on companies to find better ways to translate in-person culture into the online space so that colleagues can continue to connect in meaningful ways.</li><li>Good remote company communications may mean creating a newsletter, podcast or virtual town halls to share information workers may have otherwise absorbed in the office.</li></ul>

Some find the loss of interactions less significant

Before the pandemic, workers constantly interacted with colleagues and contacts. But since working from home, employees experienced a loss of connection. Research found that 73% of people miss socialising in person, and 46% miss work-related side conversations that happen in the office. These social ties people experience in the workplace feed into their sense of attachment and belonging at work.

The pandemic forced an abrupt change to remote work

Remote working during the pandemic shrank employees’ worlds. Now, some colleagues feel like they simply don’t exist in workers’ daily lives – and it's having an effect.

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At the moment that you're in a position to make a decision that may be unpopular to the people you're working with you may think that it's wiser to not show any vulnerability, however, not showing vulnerability makes it easier for them to vilify you and your decision.
You need to make people see that you're working with them on a cognitive level AND on an emotional level. By admitting that that was a difficult decision to make, you become human again.

Let them see you sweat

It's difficult to think under stress and we aren't designed to do it. It's best to be prepared for situations like this.
You need to develop muscle memory that you can use without having to think of it. To do so, try having to role-play conversations with someone you trust that they'll take you seriously when you do this exercise.

Train for conflict in advance

Regardless of what your decision will be some people will still blame you -- even for the things that you can't control. In order to protect your sanity, you need to distance yourself from conflict, even just a little, every day.
This could mean writing in a journal and meditating but for others, it could be praying and eating too much. It's really up to you how you'll do it as long as you set boundaries with total transparency.

Protect your sanity

People make impossible decisions every day, even ones that someone -- somewhere -- will hate, regardless. There is not always an obvious answer but decisions still need to get made. With all the swirling anxiety and frustration in the air these days, it’s easy to become a target of convenience for a whole lot of rage. 

Let them see you sweat—and other counterintuitive tips for navigating the maze of conflict this fall.

Inspirational Celebrity Quotes

Avoid Writing Clichés

Coachella turns 20 this year. Here's how the festival has changed since the beginning.

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The 'ghost colleagues' of the remote workplace

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Read like a Pro.