“Robert Pattinson is rebel cool incarnated -- the James Dean of the undead.” RebelDeanUndead Author:James Wolcott
“We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us to make them part of ourselves.” BookLanguageWaitingAskingObservationStillnessFilling Author:David L. Ulin
“Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence.” LongRunningHoursTeachFeetOffersStressDressesRehearsalLiftingBuilding Confidence Author:Hal Higdon
“The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align” PeopleIfsFirstsStepsHonestCommunicationIntentionCommunicateConsistentFirst Steps Author:Vineet Nayar
“Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.” TakenAccountsDeedsBehaviourMuslim Author:Umar
“Victory is freedom of mind and body.' I believe that is true. I would go further and say that victory is freedom of mind from body. Separation from the thing that imprisons us. Flight. Perhaps freedom from life itself. That is victory. Life is brutal. It is like this whip and these ropes. It hurts. It scars. But we must take it.” MindBelieveBodyLife IsI BelieveHurtVictorySeparationFlightScarBrutalIt HurtsRopeMind And BodyWhips Book:The Machinery of Night Source: The Machinery of Night
“Ultimately a life message shouts more clearly and loudly than a brand message. Your image may communicate an outward brand, but your life shouts the real inner message.” MayRealMessagesCommunicateBrands Author:Kerry Shook
“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends—one, a 91-year-old survivor of the grinding poverty of rural Ireland, immigrant New York and the hardscrabble Midwest; and the other, a casualty of a string of foster homes—each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. Orphan Train will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” WritingYearsTwoHomePastPovertyStruggleNew YorkTrainTalesIsolationFascinatingImmigrantsStringsHardshipSurvivorIrelandUnlikelyOrphanCasualtiesBakersMidwestChristina Author:Cathy Marie Buchanan
“You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter, or to go and post about your bowel movement on Facebook. And I'm not even talking about legacy; I'm talking about the fact that I personally feel most alive when I'm making something, and I feel least alive when I'm being led around by some obnoxious use of my attention that I wasn't aware of. To me, that's the thing. You can buy the jogging shoes and you can buy the Runner's World, but until you put them on and walk out the door every day, you're just a fat man.” MenWorldFeelsFactsUseCareUsedDiesWalksAttentionTalkingAliveDoorsMovementShoesVersionsFatsPostsLegacyRunnersIphoneObnoxiousJoggingFat ManBowel Movements Author:Merlin Mann
“So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the standard of thought and conduct from the low level of selfishness and self-indulgence up to the lofty realms of aspirational thought and self-denial.” MenInspirationalSelfLevelsInfluenceExampleBrotherLowsStandardsStriveSakeSelfishDenialSelfishnessLiftsRealmsAspirationIndulgeIndulgenceLiftingLoftySelf-denialSelf IndulgenceLow LevelRational ThoughtSelfish PeopleStrivers Author:Ossian Everett Mills