“Obsessive devotion to creating can spark that which is called 'genius.' Smarter or more gifted? The 'madness' is the insatiable drive to discover, achieve and create. Monomania can develop into 'genius,' as the individual delves deeper into the process leaving normal parameters behind.” IndividualProcessBehindsAchieveGeniusNormalCreatingMadnessLeavingDeeperDevotionSparksSmarterGiftedObsessiveInsatiableParameters Author:Paul Russo
“For so long I hid behind the blonde hair and the blue eyes. Now I feel like I've done it, I've done what I set out to achieve, now I can just go back to being me.” FeelsLongI CanDoneEyeBehindsAchieveHairBlueBlondeBeing MeBlue EyesBlonde Hair Author:Jodie Marsh
“Propaganda is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. If the means achieves the end then the means is good... the new Ministry has no other aim than to unite the nation behind the ideal of the national revolution.” IfsMeanEndsNationsBehindsAchieveRevolutionIdealsAimPropagandaMinistryMeans To An End Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Follow the road behind the Emperor. We must build the world for Japan's sake, heaven ordered Japan to achieve this great mission.” WorldHeavenBehindsAchieveSakeMissionsJapanEmperor Author:Kingoro Hashimoto
“When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an oyster bar, cracking clams for a living when he died. So, he never saw me complete a book or achieve anything of note. I would have liked to have shared this with him.” StillsBookProblemFatherBehindsSawsAchieveDrugStandingDiedNotesBarsCooksOystersUnsuccessfulClams Author:Anthony Bourdain
“To contact the cosmic giggle, to have the flow of casuistry begin to give off synchronistic ripples, whitecaps in the billows of the coincidental ether, if you will. To achieve that, a precondition is a kind of unconsciousness, a kind of drifting, a certain taking-your-eye-off-the-ball, a certain assumptions that things are simpler than they are, almost always precedes what Mircea Eliade called ‘the rupture of plane’ that indicates that there is an archetypal world, an archetypal power behind profane appearances.” IfsWorldGivingKindEyeCertainBehindsAchieveFlowBallsAppearanceContactPlanesAssumptionCosmicDriftingRippleProfaneUnconsciousnessGiggleRupture Author:Terence McKenna
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.” PeopleWould BeKidsYoungGamesParentGoalEmotionBehindsGroupsAchieveFootballGainsBiggerGood ThingsEnthusiasmChineseInstillAchieving Goals Author:Berti Vogts
“I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of dignity from that which you achieve in acting. After all, I'm no matinee idol, and I'm getting older. I don't think I can be doing my kind of thing in the seventies; I want to be on more of the creative side of business.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindI CanDifferentFeelingsSidesActingBehindsCreativeAchieveBecomingDignityLeavingFilmmakerRacingIdolsDifferent KindsSeventiesGetting OldGetting OlderBehind YouBecoming MoreStardom Author:Steve McQueen
“I think that a new kind of replicator has recently emerged on this very planet. It is staring us in the face. It is still in its infancy, still drfiting clumsily about in its primeval soup, but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate which leaves the old gene panting far behind.” ThinkingKindStillsFacesBehindsAchievePlanetsRateStaringGenesSoupInfancyPrimeval Author:Richard Dawkins
“Lou Holtz is a brilliant strategist, a first-class motivator, and an inspiring role model. Winning Every Day coaches you through the hard-won lessons of life that Coach Holtz has gleaned from a lifetime of learning. Using personal behind-the-scenes experiences he shows you how to break through obstacles, capitalize on fleeting opportunities, and achieve success. There is no better mentor than Lou Holtz.” FirstsHardShowsOpportunityWinningBehindsClassRolesBreakAchieveLessonsSceneModelsLifetimeObstaclesBrilliantCoachesRole ModelsLife LessonMentorFleetingBreak ThroughFirst ClassBehind The ScenesStrategist Author:Peter Lowe
“When I'm working behind a camera, I feel like I'm trying to achieve something like a jazz musician does.” FeelsTryingDoeBehindsAchieveMusicianCamerasJazzJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Jack Welpott
“For over 200 years this has been a special country. A unique place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. But now millions of Americans feel like they're being left behind. Insecure in their future and unsafe in the face of terrorism.” FeelsYearsHas BeensCountryFacesLeftBehindsMillionsAchieveSpecialUniqueTerrorismInsecureLeft BehindUnsafe Author:Marco Rubio
“That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all this stuff, is that it provides a way to blow off work you should be doing, while creating the illusion that you are achieving something.” WayShouldRealReasonCoursesStuffHoursBehindsAchieveCreatingIllusionBlowSpendingRationalPreferencePremisesAdjusting Author:Jeffrey Zeldman
“For years I was so busy building walls I did not see I was imprisoning myself behind them, and did not recognize this pattern as being addiction. My addictive thinking and behavior became the bars of my cell. Denying feeling empty inside, I constantly looked for new things to acquire, people to be around, substances to take, and new goals to achieve in order to feel better about myself. Over the last four decades I have focused on healing my addictive mind and helping others do the same.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsMindHelpingFeelingsLastsOrderGoalHealingBehindsFourAchieveBuildingWallBehaviorEmptyAddictionBusyPatternsFocusedDecadesHelping OthersBarsCellsSubstanceAcquireNew ThingsFeel BetterNew GoalBuilding WallsFeeling Empty Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“Many decry rising inequality because it makes those who've fallen behind feel impoverished. But it's done much more than cause hurt feelings. It has also raised the real cost to middle-income families of achieving many basic goals. The process begins with the completely unremarkable fact that top earners have been spending at a substantially higher rate than before. They've been building bigger mansions, staging more elaborate weddings and coming-of-age parties for their kids, buying more and better of everything.” FeelsHas BeensRealDoneFactsFeelingsKidsAgeCausesProcessGoalHurtPartyBehindsMiddleAchieveBuildingHigherCostBiggerRaisedRateSpendingIncomeInequalityFallenRisingBuyingComing Of AgeHurt FeelingsMansionsStaging Author:Robert H. Frank
“Competing companies evolve toward efficiency as the more efficient ones profit and expand while those who fall behind fail. And companies being efficient and profiting under the Health Impact Fund, this is exactly what we want, because the company's profit is directly driven by the health impact its registered products achieve.” WantFallBehindsCompanyFailingAchieveProductsImpactProfitDrivenEvolveFundEfficientEfficiencyCompeting Author:Thomas Pogge