“Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, I’ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. I’m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scared…. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I can’t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because that’s what I’ve done all my life.” TryingBelieveWellsLongI CanReasonDoneMightDiesStrongI BelieveBornReligiousChancePracticePathDangerousCrimeHolyConcernScaredMissionsKill MeTake A ChanceFanaticsCan't ChangeMany FriendsSpeaking OutBeing ScaredReligious Fanatics Author:Waris Dirie
“I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it,and how this affects our dealings with others.Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it;some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of.” WorldWayTryingBelieveHelpingSufferingParentPerfectDependsCostConcernCarefulHelping OthersOne WayDamageCompanionBe CarefulNeighbourSiblingRuthlessDealingsPerfect Parents Author:Julian Barnes
“In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact that, deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the sceptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.” IfsWorldWayNeedsTryingHumansRealSometimesFactsFeelingsMightCultureGivenFearHuman BeingsRolesKindnessCasesIssuesAtheismFiguresConcernToolsCriticismRageTendenciesPursueMotiveTemperQuestsSuperstitionsSupporterDeludedBelittlePseudoscienceScepticismScepticConsonantsReal Feelings Book:The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying perhaps too much. But there are these feelings inside me which need badly to escape, I guess. And this makes me feel relieved because one of my big concerns these past few years is that I've been losing my ability to feel things with the same intensity- the way I felt when I was younger. It's scary- to feel your emotions floating away and just not caring. I guess what's really scary is not caring about the loss.” ThinkingMenWayNeedsFeelsTryingYearsFeelingsBigsPastFeltLossAbilityEmotionToo MuchQuietLosingConcernScaryCaringIntensityFloatingHere I AmRelievedNot CaringReally ScaryFloating AwayQuiet Man Book:Life After God Source: Life After God
“Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.” WorldTryingYearsLongEndsAbleFacesParentFateShadowConcernCalmMissionsTranquilityChasingOrphan Book:When We Were Orphans Source: When We Were Orphans
“There is no longer a clear, bright line dividing America's domestic concerns and America's foreign policy concerns...If we want America to stay on the right track, if we want other people to be on that track and have the chance to enjoy peace and prosperity, we have no choice but to try to lead the train.” PeopleIfsWantTryingAmericaChoicesPoliticsEnjoyLinesChanceClearPolicyConcernTrainTrackProsperityForeign PolicyDividingRight Track Author:William J. Clinton
“I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of life... for me, peace is a communal work process, a collective vision. The dance itself tries to exemplify a few of these methods in a truly grounded and practical way so that the people can say: yes, there are prospects of survival.” PeopleWayTryingArtProcessVisionImagineSurvivalAreasConcernMethodDancePracticalsPrimariesDancerCollectivesGroundedProspects Author:Anna Halprin
“I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put into trying to fix our broken immigration system. There are some good elements in this proposal, especially increasing the resources and manpower to secure our border and also improving and streamlining legal immigration. However, I have deep concerns with the proposed path to citizenship. To allow those who came here illegally to be placed on such a path is both inconsistent with rule of law and profoundly unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who waited years, if not decades, to come to America legally.” IfsTryingYearsAmericaLawPartyMillionsPathBrokenElementsResourcesConcernAppreciateDecadesImmigrationSecureBordersImmigrantsUnfairGood WorkSenatorsCitizenshipImprovingProposalRule Of LawInconsistentImmigration ReformLegal ImmigrationManpowerStreamlining Author:Ted Cruz
“I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.” TryingBelieveHumansKindArtMomentsI BelieveFeminismConcernHumanismFeministRelate Author:Judy Chicago
“Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.” TryingSelfHappensSecretTeachImpossibleHappenedConcernBeing AfraidWhatever HappensUnafraid Author:Vernon Howard
“There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ.” TryingEnoughSpiritualChristWealthPoorGainsConcernHarmDespiseNecessary Things Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature.” WorldWantNeedsTryingHumansMatterSufferingIndividualHuman BeingsDestinyHuman NatureConcernNo Matter WhatHuman RightsDetermineHuman NeedsBasic Human Needs Author:Dalai Lama
“I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try to come up with something that moves me.” ThinkingTryingFirstsMovingConcernCome UpPianoSongwritingSongwritersWriting Songs Author:Lamont Dozier
“You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.” PeopleKnowsTryingFilmActingMinesPleaseConcern Author:Cate Blanchett