Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Who seeks shall find.
Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.