“Hollywood in many ways serves as the unofficial ministry of propaganda for the United States.” Quote by Nguyen Viet Thang
“The gigantic challenge is the magnitude of the individual differences in the optimal set point for "good stress." For one person, it's doing something risky with your bishop in a chess game; for someone else, it's becoming a mercenary in Yemen.” PersonsGamesIndividualChallengesDifferencesBecomingStressChessBishopsMagnitudeChess GameOptimalMercenaryYemenIndividual Differences Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“As long as experiencing your optimal level of good stress doesn't damage others, it's hard to objectively define where normal enjoyment of stimulation becomes adrenaline junkiehood.” LongHardLevelsNormalStressEnjoymentDamageAdrenalineStimulationOptimal Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Writers from the majority can assume their audiences know what they're talking about - they don't have to explain things, whereas minority writers are expected to.” KnowsTalkingAudienceMajorityAssumingExpectedMinorities Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“By college, I had a really grand, preposterous vision of myself as becoming a writer, but I don't think I had the discipline or the patience - or the ability or the humility. It took 20 years to acquire those things.” ThinkingYearsAbilityVisionHumilityCollegeBecomingDisciplineAcquire Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.” GivingFirstsWould BeMovingPoliticalOpportunityMoving ForwardHillsAgendasRepresentativesPolitical PowerCapitolCapitol Hill Author:Barack Obama
“I never called myself a writer because it seemed so pretentious - a writer was what somebody else called you, a title bestowed.” TitlesPretentious Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“No one wants for their child to become a refugee. It's an awful experience.” WantChildrenAwfulRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“I want to deal with the homeless situation here in Washington, D.C. I think it is a travesty that we've got men - and increasingly women - families, across the street and the in shadow of this great capital, that shows a lack of concern, not just for the capital, but for American, when we are allowing something like that to happen.” ThinkingMenWantShowsHappensDealsSituationStreetsShadowConcernAllowingHomelessTravesty Author:Barack Obama
“I think it is important that we are targeting HIV/AIDS resources into the communities where we're seeing the highest growth rates. That means education and prevention, particularly with young people.” PeopleThinkingMeanImportantYoungGrowthCommunitySeeingHighestResourcesRateAidsHivPreventionHiv Aids Author:Barack Obama