“I have learned that the stuff that causes me anxiety, the stuff I instinctively veer away from, is usually a road map to where my own creative growth can be found. So I consciously head toward the places that make me uncomfortable.” FoundCausesStuffGrowthMy OwnCreativeAnxietyUncomfortableMapsI Have LearnedRoad Maps Author:Merrill Markoe
“My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope for the book. I want to get people's attention and tell them very valuable and ultimately hopeful information, and you find out nothing is as scary as your imagination.” PeopleKnowsWantBookStuffImaginationAttentionInformationAnxietyScaryValuableDisasterHopeful Author:Amanda Ripley
“I like to live in the present. I struggle with that, though, because - even for all of this "letting your life flow" stuff - I also have anxieties.” StuffStruggleAnxietyFlowLive In The Present Author:Meredith Vieira
“I got a little lost in "Law & Order" and "Luther" and all those shows where it's basically women dying all the time, I had to stop watching that stuff because it fills me with anxiety. And I joined a gym.” LittlesShowsLawOrderLostStuffDyingAnxietyGymLutherIn-laws Author:Kevin Drew
“Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.” KnowsWorldWarStuffFoodGrewPeriodsAnxietyCookingWar Of The WorldsCulinaryWorld War IiCowsPotatoesHog Author:James Earl Jones
“I am helping people maybe scrape off some of the old stuff that has been put upon us that has taken us from being genius's to not feeling great about ourselves by having doubts, fears and anxieties.” PeopleHas BeensHelpingFeelingsStuffTakenDoubtGeniusAnxietyHelping PeopleOld StuffFeeling Great Author:John Assaraf
“In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have bred a social in tune animal, that’s what a dog is. That’s why they got so much trouble with separation anxiety – you leave them home alone and they’re chewing up the house and stuff. A lot of dogs don’t handle being home alone very well.” WellsHomeHappensHouseSocialStuffAnimalSawsTroubleDogMastersAnxietySeparationHandleTunesMe AloneChewing Author:Temple Grandin
“I feel like that [the role in Star Trek] is a prime example of, yeah, I got that role and it was awesome, because it changed a lot for me professionally, but then creatively, it became a whole other thing, with J.J. [Abrams] and Chris [Pine] and the people I got to know. Now I just feel like it's our jobs to be open and to keep moving stuff forward. I don't know what that means. This is the first time in a long time that I have no idea what's happening next. As scary as that is, and as anxiety-provoking as that can still be, it's also really exciting.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLongStillsIdeasWholeJobsMovingNextStarsStuffRolesExampleChangedAnxietyLong TimeHappeningsFirst TimeExcitingYeahScaryNo IdeaPrimeProvokingKeep MovingAbram Author:Zachary Quinto
“Loss aversion is a really disproportionate anxiety about stuff that doesn't matter very much. So for instance, if you lose $5, you feel really bad about the $5 you've lost. You're cursing yourself. You're going through it again and again. If, on the other hand, you find $5, you go - hey, great, five bucks. And you've forgotten about it really quickly.” IfsFeelsMatterHandsLostStuffLosesLossFiveAnxietyForgottenInstanceHeyAgain And AgainBucksAversionCursingLost You Author:Tim Harford
“Contemporary culture in Pakistan, just like in America, is continuously hitting us with scary stuff. And so we are utterly anxious. I think that it's very important to resist that anxiety, to think of ways of resisting the constant inflow of negative feelings, not to become depoliticized as a result but to actually work actively to bring into being an optimistic future.” ThinkingWayImportantFeelingsAmericaCultureStuffResultsAnxietyNegativeConstantScaryContemporaryOptimisticAnxiousHittingPakistanResistingNegative FeelingsScary Stuff Author:Mohsin Hamid
“The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.” PeopleWritingLostStuffPlanetsAnxietyUniversalScaryVulnerableClosestKittenClosest Friends Author:Anne Lamott
“I'm remembering how this works. How life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong or could go worng, and complaints about the world around you. How a person you're excited about can remind you there's stuff going on beyond... routine oil changes and homework. Stuff that matters. Stuff to look forward to.” WorldLooksPersonsMatterRememberStuffGoneAnxietyExcitedOilRoutineComplaintsHomeworkStuff That MattersOil Change Author:Sara Zarr
“I am a person who feels guilty for crimes I have not committed, or have not committed in years. The police search the train station for a serial rapist and I cover my face with a newspaper, wondering if maybe I did it in my sleep. The last thing I stole was an eight-track tape, but to this day I'm unable to enter a store without feeling like a shoplifter. It's all the anxiety with none of the free stuff.” IfsFeelsYearsPersonsFeelingsLastsFacesStuffSleepWonderCrimeAnxietyPoliceTrainTrackCommittedEightStoresNewspapersGuiltyStationsThis DayTapeSerialsTrain StationsFree Stuff Author:David Sedaris
“People often can't separate, or can't understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it's a way of pulling people in and not scaring them off. I think a lot of the funny stuff, underneath it, there's a deep anxiety going on.” PeopleThinkingWayStuffSeriousAnxietyPullingFunny StuffOften Can Author:Nick Cave
“I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.” WritingUseStuffDarkAnxietyStressAngerAlbums Author:Vanilla Ice