“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.” WellsMightSuccessWinningViewsCareersBuddhismLosingIllusionPoint Of ViewWinnerWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think it is very important to view life in terms of winning and losing until complete enlightenment has occurred.” ThinkingImportantSuccessWinningTermViewsCareersBuddhismLosingEnlightenmentWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that I'm never going to use my career as a platform for politics, especially at shows. People come to hear music. It's my job to entertain them, and it's my escape too.” PeopleBelieveUseShowsJobsArtistI BelieveViewsMistakeCareersI've LearnedPlatformsConnotation Author:Miranda Lambert
“Most of us think that decisions such as where shall I live, with whom shall I partner, what shall I pick as a career for my life are the most important decisions that we make. But from the point of view of the universe these decisions are not that important. Within you, you have already made decisions about who you are, what the universe is and how you will relate to other people and how you will relate to the universe and these decisions are creating consequences in your life moment by moment.” PeopleThinkingMadeImportantMomentsUniverseDecisionViewsCareersCreatingPicksConsequenceWho You ArePoint Of ViewPartnersRelateWithin YouImportant Decisions Author:Gary Zukav
“I took to writing as my medicine to help me stay afloat in acting career journey. I wrote about me breaking hearts, and my heart being broken. I wrote about my views whether they were liberal or conservative. I wrote about everything. I wrote about my life. When I did not have paper coming in as green backs, I'd use random pieces of paper for stories. It was like, I got no money, but I have paper to write. So I wrote.” WritingHeartHelpingStoriesUseViewsActingCareersPiecesJourneyBrokenMy HeartPaperGreenMedicineConservativeHelp MeNo MoneyHeart BreakBeing Broken Author:Omari Hardwick