“There is only so much energy available to us in life. Spending it on solving problems is one possible way of living your life, but this may leave you empty - hearted; spending it on what excites you is a lot more fulfilling and fun - and effortless; and usually, the previously experienced problems vanish on their own. We don't have to battle against the darkness when all we need to do is turn on the light.” WayLifeNeedsMayProblemLightTurnsEnergyFunDarknessBattleEmptyAvailableSpendingHappy LifeProblem SolvingFulfillingLive Your LifeHeartedTurn-onEffortless Author:Andreas Moritz
“The easy path of aging is to become a thick-skinned, unbudging curmudgeon, a battle-ax. To grow soft and sweet is the harder way.” WayWisdomFunGrowsEasyPathSweetBattleHarderAgingThickCurmudgeon Author:James Hillman
“As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes from the gangs in New York in the 1960s and '70s. It's beautiful, almost like a martial art, and it can be funny, too, because you make fun of each other.” LooksArtKidsBeautifulYoungFightingFunStyleNew YorkBattleMartial ArtsGang1960sBreakdancing Author:Jose Parla
“He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'” WorldGuyFunSportsLossSpecialBattleBasketballGentleGiantsTerrificSpecial PlacesGreat LossChamberlain Author:Tom Heinsohn
“I grew up in a very responsible, social, Democratic community, and destruction was a bad word. But, in California, destruction is a rad word. The juxtaposition of the two is really what made me into who I am today, in my battles with how fun it is to be bad, and how wrong it is to be bad.” MadeTwoTodayFunSocialCommunityGrewBattleGrew UpDestructionResponsibleDemocraticWho I AmCaliforniaJuxtapositionBad WordRad Author:Rie Rasmussen
“I have always believed that if you need to take your clothes off to get your man, you've begun to lose the battle. If you pull it off right, you can do it in a very classy way... Being sexy is about suggestion; it's about the tease. It's not about being obvious and forcing yourself out in the open. That takes all the fun out of being a woman.” IfsMenWayNeedsFunCan DoLosesBattleClothesObviousSexySuggestionsYou Can Do ItAlways BelieveBeing A WomanTeaseBeing Sexy Author:Bipasha Basu
“I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.” IfsGivingWellsIdeasPlayYoungUsedNightGuyNextFunDoorsBattleGive MeDown AndCome UpRingsHotelCall MeEvery NightHornsGood DayJamLester Young Author:Ben Webster
“It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.” BookHardWholeKidsFunVoiceChallengesAttitudeNovelReaderBattleAuthorityAdultsEnvironmentalWhole LifeFoolishNarrativeGreedyArbitraryGrownupsKids LoveIrreverentSmartassNarrative Voice Author:Carl Hiaasen
“You know, ever since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry. And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. And then the offer of the White Knight came along and the writing was just beautiful and it was something that I just leapt at. I mean, it was great fun to do.” WorldWritingMeanKidsBeautifulFunDyingBattleNobilityChivalryArthurian Legend Author:Matt Frewer
“They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun... They were dressed half for battle, half for tennis or croquet.” LooksMadeWarFunHalfOughtBattleTennisReasonableEnglishmenStylishCroquet Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.” FeelsFirstsWarEndsFactsMightFunDifficultSimpleMiddleBattleBraveryFilledDefeatGloriousResolutionValorAdmitting Book:The Wild Things Source: The Wild Things
“Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't have one. I'm injured. Christina: Yeah right, you are! Peter: Well, I don't want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless. So I'm going to stay here. Christina: Like a coward. Let everyone else clean up the mess for you. Peter: Yep! Have fun dying.” WantWellsTwoFunGroupsDyingBattleEatingYeahCleanDinnerBunchMessHaving FunCowardPeterInjuredTrisChristinaEating Dinner Author:Veronica Roth