“Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.” SelfMightSurvivalDeceptionBridgesMechanismNarcissismNarcissisticHypeSelf DeceptionNarcissistJumping Off A Bridge Author:Todd Solondz
“When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.” PeopleWantKindRealShowsCapableReal LifeToneMeannessMean PeopleBelievableOver The Top Author:Todd Solondz
“The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that.” ThinkingKnowsWayKindDifferentHardLife IsAbilityPleasureKnow HowSkillsMiserableDifferent WaysEvaluateHard Things Author:Todd Solondz
“Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.” InterestingRocksDevelopmentTurning 50 Author:Bjork
“Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.” PeopleSakeConservativeStringsRealisingQuartetsString QuartetsTrippy Author:Bjork
“I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life.” CountryBeliefBornSonLuckyPassionateCommunicateBreatheCelebrationHuntsPower Of MusicHungaryCelebration Of Life Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two seem to me more valid than any of the others I am a naturally friendly person, and I hate to be alone.” PersonsTwoImportantReasonSeemsHateI HateReason WhyFriendlyFriendly Person Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.” IdealsCentsSeventiesVocalCordsHumidityVocal Cords Author:Bjork
“You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.” PeopleMenLifeLongPoliticsPowerCourage Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn