I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words. I scatter them... in time, and space. A message to lead myself here.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the idea of self-creation and the journey of understanding oneself through experiences and choices.
In this quote, the speaker identifies as the 'Bad Wolf', symbolizing an entity that has the power to shape its own identity and destiny. It emphasizes the importance of personal agency in constructing oneβs existence and suggests that our actions and choices, represented by the 'words' scattered through 'time and space', serve as markers or messages that guide us on our path to self-discovery.
In practice
During a speech about personal growth, one might say this quote to inspire others to take charge of their own lives.
...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day, but not until those whizzkids in Silicon Valley invent a way to bend the corners, fold the spine, yellow the pages, add a coffee ring or two and allow the plastic tablet to fall open at a favorite page.
Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.
The marvelous thing about 'Doctor Who' is that it tells stories that no one else can tell.
In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.
When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace.
A man's physical hunger does not prove that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on a raft in the Atlantic. But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist. In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.
When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.
Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it less true.
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