“Why do so many young people literally die to belong to fraternities, sororities, and other college social organizations? The answer is complicated, but here is a starting point: Ever since the medieval universities were founded, young people have done whatever it takes to gain acceptance, to break with their past lives, to achieve a sense of power, to carve out a society of their own that isn't quite what their tutors and teachers had in mind. In the United States, hazing and drinking have been endemic since colonial days.” PeopleMindHas BeensStatesDonePastYoungDiesSocialAnswersUnitedBreakUnited StatesTeacherAchieveAcceptanceCollegeGainsOrganizationDrinkingUniversityStartingComplicatedBelongingMedievalStarting PointPast LifeWhatever It TakesFraternityTutorSocial OrganizationSororityHazing Book:Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking Source: Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking
“After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.” ThinkingWantYearsFunnyLyingWomenAnswersInspiringFoodConversationCookingStartingInsightSurfaceCulinaryChocolateScratchesAnniversaryWomen WantBrowniesYummyFunny ChocolateYears Of MarriageSweets And DessertsScratching The Surface Author:Mel Gibson
“Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.” AnswersFictionScience FictionStartingAstronomyScience Fiction Movie Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“I can think of few things more disastrous than starting a new correspondence with any one. Letters are a burden indeed ... they seem often the last straw that breaks the back ... you should see the piles of those that I must answer that litter and weight my writing table.” ThinkingShouldWritingI CanSeemsLastsAnswersBreakLettersWeightTablesStartingBurdenStrawsCorrespondence Book:Last letters to a friend, 1952-1958 Source: Last letters to a friend, 1952-1958
“I began by asking myself, “What do I want out of life?” And the answer was happiness. Investigating further, I went into the moment when I was feeling happiest. I discovered something which to me was startling at the time. It was when I was loving that I was happiest. That happiness equated to my capacity to love rather than to being loved. That was a starting point.” WantMomentsFeelingsAnswersCapacityAskingStartingStarting PointBeing LovedInvestigatingCapacity To Love Author:Lester Levenson
“You really hope that people who want to be politically active aren't so disillusioned at this point. I do feel positive about what's happening. I think that with all of these movements, and this growing collective voice that's emerging, people are starting to come out of the kind of dazed state that they were in for so many years. But it's tough to know the best way to effect change now. Campaigning alone no longer seems to be the answer.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsYearsKindStatesSeemsVoiceAnswersGrowingEffectsMovementHappeningsToughStartingActiveBest WayCollectivesEmergingDisillusionedCampaigningDazed Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Theory said one thing and the experiment said something different, so that was the stimulus that started me going, that there was something there to be explained, which wasn't understood and to try to see why that experiment gave the answer it did, so it was a big opportunity for a young student starting to have actually an experiment which contradicted the theory, so that's was my chance to understand that.” TryingSaidDifferentBigsYoungOpportunityChanceAnswersOne ThingStudentsTheoryUnderstoodStartingExperimentsStimulusYoung Students Author:Freeman Dyson
“If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.” IfsTodayAnswersStartingStarting Over Author:Brian Tracy
“I'm much more collaborative than I probably was when I was first starting, much more willing to say, "I don't know the answer to that." I have really talented people and let them do their jobs and not try to control everything as much as I did when I was starting. I was a bit more insecure.” PeopleKnowsTryingFirstsJobsBitsAnswersWillingStartingInsecure Author:Peter Berg