“A laugh lifestyle is predicated upon our attitude toward the daily stuff of life. When those tasks seem too dull to endure, figure out a way to make them fun; get creative and entertain yourself. If the stuff of life for you right now is not dull and boring but instead painful and overwhelming, find something in the midst of the pain that makes you smile or giggle anyway. There's always something somewhere. . . even if you have to just pretend to laugh until you really do!” IfsWaySeemsPainFunStuffAttitudeLaughingCreativeFiguresRight NowLaughterTasksEndurePainfulBoringLifestyleDullMidstOverwhelmingGiggleMake You Smile Book:The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg Source: The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg
“Since I spent eighteen years of my life as a child, and nine years of that life as a pretty sexually active gay child, my complaint against the current attitudes is that they work mightily to silence the voices of children first and secondarily ignore what adults have to say who have been through these situations. One size fits all is never the way to handle any situation with a human dimension. Many, many children-and I was one of them-are desperate to establish some sort of sexual relation with an older and even adult figure.” WayYearsFirstsHumansChildrenHas BeensVoiceSilenceAttitudeSituationFiguresFitGayAdultsRelationSizeCurrentsActiveNineHandleDesperateDimensionsComplaintsEighteenSexuallyNine YearsOne Size Fits All Author:Samuel R. Delany
“Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure out a way to make a song out of that, and that's what it was all about.” IfsWayKindTwoSongCan DoAttitudeFiguresNotesGuitarPunkDo It Yourself Author:David Byrne
“At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.” HomeAttitudeFiguresHabitAuthorityIrelandAvoidanceFigure SkatingAuthority Figures Author:Seamus Heaney
“And what is shamanism but philosophy with a hands-on attitude. Philosophy not made around the camp fire, but philosophy based on the acquisition of extreme experience. That's how you figure out what the world is, not by bicycling around in the burbs, but by forcing extreme experience.” WorldMadePhilosophyHandsAttitudeFireFiguresExtremesCampsAcquisitionShamanism Author:Terence McKenna
“Mann's sexuality and his attitudes towards it are extremely complex - and the complexities are inherited in the figure of Aschenbach. Mann had lived through a series of (almost certainly unconsummated) relationships with young men.” MenYoungAttitudeFiguresSeriesComplexesSexualityYoung ManComplexity Author:Philip Kitcher
“We leave Scarlet Witch without a home, without a family, and she ends up creating a surrogate family within the Avengers and making a decision to be a part of the team. I think a lot of that has to do with what Jeremy's character - like his attitude towards her and the speech he gives her at the end of the film. So we pick up with her having started a new life, but still trying to figure out what her abilities are and if using them causes greater good or greater damage.” IfsThinkingGivingTryingStillsEndsCharacterHomeFilmCausesAbilityDecisionAttitudeGreaterTeamFiguresSpeechCreatingPicksDamageWitchNew LifeScarletGreater GoodAvengersSurrogates Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching.” WayAttitudeTeachingFiguresStudentsApproachPatientTraditional Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson