Monica Pacheco:
CLASS OF 2000
Saint James SchoolClass of 2000
Falls church, VA
Monica's Story
Monica is from Falls Church, Virginia. Monica's schools include Saint James School. Monica later attended Christendom College (Theology) .
Music Monica likes includes Simone, Leighton Meester, Marie Miller. Books Monica likes include Man's Search For Meaning, by Victor Frankl, Percy Jackson. Movies Monica likes include My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, 2016: Obama's America. TV shows Monica likes include Extreme Couponing, Gossip Girl, Dancing with the Stars.
One of Monica's favorite quotes is:"The difference, I believe, is attitude. A person can always find something to blame if he is not doing well. Many people go through life blaming their personal failures on one thing after another. But of course the same excuses are available to those who are climbing the ladder of success. Anyone can locate an excuse, but it takes courage to find a way to go over, around, under or right through any obstacle that might stand in your way.
-Mary Kay Ash
"Above all beware of excessive day dreaming, of seeing yourself in the centre of a drama, of self pity, and, as far as possible, of fears."
(The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis V1: Family Letters 1905-1931)
You're ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. [taps on the inside of his hand] I'd hold you up and say to your mother, "This kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was a privilege. Then time come for you to take on the world and be your own man, and yo...Expand for more
u did. But somewhere along the line you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life. Don't forget to visit your mother.
Rocky Balboa
To a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
-Tuco from The Good the Bad and the Ugly
For it so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us
Whiles it was ours.
-Much Ado About Nothing; IV.1.217-222".
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