“Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.” MenFeelsShouldStillsImportantExampleBrotherDadTraditionCookingMy DadChineseMy BrotherInferiorsSwans Author:Katie Leung
“So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the standard of thought and conduct from the low level of selfishness and self-indulgence up to the lofty realms of aspirational thought and self-denial.” MenInspirationalSelfLevelsInfluenceExampleBrotherLowsStandardsStriveSakeSelfishDenialSelfishnessLiftsRealmsAspirationIndulgeIndulgenceLiftingLoftySelf-denialSelf IndulgenceLow LevelRational ThoughtSelfish PeopleStrivers Author:Ossian Everett Mills
“There is a distinction to be drawn between true collectors and accumulators. Collectors are discriminating; accumulators act at random. The Collyer brothers, who died among the tons of newspapers and trash with which they filled every cubic foot of their house so that they could scarcely move, were a classic example of accumulators, but there are many of us whose houses are filled with all manner of things that we "can't bear to throw away.” MovingHouseFeetExampleBrotherBearsDiedFilledNewspapersClassicDistinctionTrashCollectors Author:Russell Lynes
“I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!” PlayPlayerExampleBrotherMy BrotherPrelude Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the fruit of initiative. Why do we hold in such high esteem the achievements of the Wright brothers? Because they were illustrious examples of initiative and tenacity. And ideas are born of initiative, the children of men and women of initiative. Advancement is applied initiative. Don't imitate. Initiate.” MenWorldChildrenIdeasEyeAmericaBornQualityExampleBrotherAchievementMen And WomenFruitEsteemInitiativeAdvancementTenacityInitiateGreatest SuccessWright BrothersChildren Of Men Author:B. C. Forbes
“I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a comeback. My brother in law is an example- before he was listening to some country music, even some of that awful nu-metal stuff , but there weren't many options really.” ThinkingIdeasRealCountryLawStuffExampleBrotherListeningBandAwfulMy BrotherMetalsStrokesIn-lawsComebackBrother In Law Author:James Mercer
“I'm seventy-five now. I also have the peculiar luck of having a sister and brother who are fourteen and sixteen years older than me. Their health is not good. It couldn't be at that age. But their spirits are. Both my brother and my sister are an example to me.” YearsAgeSpiritFiveExampleBrotherLuckMy BrotherPeculiarMy SisterBrothers And SistersSeventiesSixteenFourteen Author:Grace Paley