Richard Brooks:  

Richard is from Memphis, Tennessee. He is Married with Karen Habel Brooks. His schools include Treadwell High School. He later attended Northwestern University and studied Neuroscience. He works(ed) at Macy's Systems And Technology, HBOC, Macy's. Richard's interests include Gardening, Arts and Crafts Movement, Coffee shops. Music he likes includes Larkin Poe, Steely Dan, Keb' Mo'. Books he likes include Toujours Provence, Travels with My Aunt, Devil in the White City. Movies he likes include Best in Show, Amadeus, Vertigo. TV shows he likes include Brideshead Revisited, The Layover, Pan Am. One of Richard's favorite quotes is:"You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path; and that will make all the difference. -- Steve Jobs I still close my eyes and go home -- I can always draw from that. -- Dolly Parton There is no such thing as lost...just differently oriented. -- my friend MQ The separation between past, present and future is only an illusion. -- Albert Einstein It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us, we need to make a sustained effort to cultivate them. -- Dalai Lama Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. -- Kevin Arnold, from "The Wonder Years" A friend is someone who sings your heart's song back to you when you have forgotten the words. -- David Coppola Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us. -- Hector Bianciotti We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say, Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way. -- James Taylor We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -- Albert Schweitzer People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others. -- Youssou N'Dour Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -- Marcel Proust Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. -- Mark Twain Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain To the world you may be jus...Expand for more