“There is something about the medium [in comics] that allows for a simulation of actual experience with the added benefit of actually reading. You're reading pictures, but you are also looking at them. It's a sort of combined activity that I can't really think of any other medium having, other than, say, a foreign film when you are reading and seeing. It allows for all sorts of associations that might not come up with just words or just pictures.” ThinkingI CanMightFilmReadingSeeingActivityBenefitsCome UpMediumsAssociationSimulation Author:Chris Ware
“The universe clearly operates for the benefit of humanity. This can be readily seen from the convenient way the sun comes up in the morning, when people are ready to start the day.” PeopleWayHumanityUniverseMorningSunReadyBenefitsCome UpConvenientStart The Day Book:Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20) Source: Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)
“The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, you saved my dad's life.” FactsDadBenefitsMy DadCome UpSaved Author:Dick Cavett
“I had to come up with some criteria to help me; i.e., what the favor was, if it was legitimate, if it was in no way compromising, and if there would be a benefit some way by my participation.” IfsWayHelpingWould BeBenefitsCome UpFavorsCompromiseHelp MeParticipationCriteria Author:LaVell Edwards
“I'm from a pretty working-class background, and I really worked hard in my life to eradicate those parts of myself that were stupidly trapped in that world.Those of us who come up that way made a series of choices to benefit ourselves and make ourselves more generous and open.” WorldWayMadeHardChoicesClassBenefitsSeriesCome UpBackgroundsGenerousTrappedWorking Class Author:George Saunders
“Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.” IfsWayInspirationalSometimesMotivationalActorsForceActingCreativeBenefitsFinancialCome UpRestraint Author:Robert De Niro
“My 20s was a sea of worry. I worried about benefit forms, about being thrown out of my flat. I never went on holiday because I thought: 'What if an audition comes up?' I was a nervous wreck.” IfsFormWorrySeaBenefitsCome UpNervousWorriedThrownHolidayFlatsWhat IfAuditionsWrecks Author:David Nicholls