“To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.” IfsI CanRealActorsFeltCan DoBeing TrueSongwritersI Can Do It Author:Barry McGuire
“I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone! ' but how can do that without a bloody phone?” WantHandsLostFeltCan DoFunctionInstinctPhonesReachingPocketsUsualBloodyBereft Book:I've Got Your Number Source: I've Got Your Number
“Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would find in the effort that he could recall exactly how the light fell and how the temperature felt, and all the quality of it. Most people cannot do it. If they can do it, they may never be successful in a pecuniary sense, but that ability is at the bottom of writing, I am sure.” PeopleIfsWritingMayLightFeltCan DoAbilityEffortQualitySuccessfulParticularBottomBeing SuccessfulRecallsTemperature Author:Maxwell Perkins
“The good enough parent, in addition to being convinced that whatever his child does, he does it because at that moment he is convinced this is the best he can do, will also ask himself: "What in the world would make me act as my child acts at this moment? And if I felt forced to act this way, what would make me feel better about it?” IfsWorldWayFeelsChildrenDoeEnoughMomentsAsksFeltParentCan DoConvincedMy ChildrenThat MomentGood EnoughFeel BetterMake Me Feel Better Author:Bruno Bettelheim
“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.” IfsWantWarUseRealityTogetherPoliticsFeltCan DoLeadershipJusticeHistoryDemocracyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStrategyUnityCongressHuman RightsIdeologyVietnamForeign PolicyVietnam War Author:Antonin Scalia
“But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I'm here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.” IfsI CanHappensFeltCan DoStageDogComfortableGood TimesScrewsHaving A Good TimeScrew UpsTurf Author:Keith Richards
“I can do crunches all day long, but in yoga my core was challenged in a way that I never felt before.” WayLongI CanFeltCan DoYogaCoreCrunch Author:Eddie George
“I can do what I want to do, lucky me. But when these people are coming at me and asking these things, they don't really care about me. And I have felt like there were all these people who just wanted to use me.” PeopleWantI CanUseCareWantedFeltCan DoLuckyAskingUsing Me Author:Alicia Keys