“I don't like to think on obstacles. I guess that if you focus your mind on obstacles, they will grow bigger.” IfsThinkingMindGrowsFocusBiggerObstacles Author:Omar Chaparro
“The biggest obstacle that you can have is all inside your head, so I try every day to be optimistic and keep dreaming about great things!” TryingDreamObstaclesGreat ThingsOptimisticBeing OptimisticKeep DreamingBiggest Obstacles Author:Omar Chaparro
“I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!” PeopleMistakeDrinkPleaseUrgesAcceptableDrink And Drive Author:Kim Kardashian
“Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. A new fact so shocking that even the year's most notable deaths have not outdone it for the volume (in both senses) of instant reaction; so divisive, it makes Brexit, the Labour leadership and the US Presidential election seem lesser ruptures.” YearsFactsSeemsElectionSensesReactionsPresidentialInstantLabourBobVolumeShockingDylanNotableNobelPresidential ElectionRuptureUs Presidential Author:David Bennun
“The Yeas are relatively uniform. They view [Bob] Dylan as one of the greatest artists of his or any era, who deserves to be taken as seriously as any litterateur. Where they vary is in some cases not even accepting the distinction: Dylan in their eyes is a literary titan, and the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature is simply official affirmation of what they already knew.” EyeArtistLiteratureViewsAcceptingCasesTakenDeserveErasOfficialsDistinctionPrizeAwardsBobUniformsAffirmationDylanVaryNobelNobel PrizeTitans Author:David Bennun
“The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold standard among prizes, it is surely his [Bob Dylan] due.” MenStandardsGoldDuesPrizeSentimentsBobDylanNobelAccoladesGold Standard Author:David Bennun
“First of all, there are those who simply don't care for [Bob] Dylan, or at least, don't think he's that great. Some of the former sound very much as if they are afflicted with the kind of contrarianism inevitably bred by cultural orthodoxy - Dylan is overwhelmingly rated a giant and a marvel, the acclamation of whom they feel to be de rigueur; and rather than judge for themselves, they embrace the opposite view.” IfsThinkingFeelsFirstsKindCareSoundViewsJudgingOppositesEmbraceDon't CareFormerGiantsBobDylanOrthodoxy Author:David Bennun
“Plenty more of the Nays sound perfectly sincere, though. They may genuinely dislike [Bob] Dylan; they may even enjoy or admire him, but just don't think he's all that. Fair enough. The reaction of such folk seems to be chiefly amazement tinged with befuddlement: they've given him what? You're kidding me.” ThinkingMayEnoughSeemsGivenEnjoySoundFairsFolksReactionsAdmirePlentySincereDislikeBobDylanAmazement Author:David Bennun
“The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is where it is no longer a question of either cultural orthodoxy or personal taste.” LiteratureInterestingTasteArgumentPrizeBobSongwritersDylanOrthodoxyNobelNobel PrizePersonal Taste Author:David Bennun
“I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,[Bob] Dylan fans, take up cudgels for this position. To them, it's not necessarily that Dylan doesn't merit the highest honour. It's that he doesn't merit this specific highest honour [Nobel prize], in the way a champion pole vaulter shouldn't be given a medal for the long jump. It is in this group that the Wahey!s are mainly to be found, firing off jests, or mock solemnly reciting Dylan's sillier lyrics as if these are entirely representative of his oeuvre.” IfsKnowsWayLongHappensFoundGivenGroupsFansPositionHighestFairsFolksMeritChampionPrizeHonourBobRepresentativesMedalDylanNobelMockNobel PrizeFiringRecitingLong Jump Author:David Bennun