“In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our connections with other people-those who listen to our stories and, by doing so, bear witness with us.” PeopleWayGivingStoriesFacesGriefOur LivesEventsBearsConnectionsStorytellingWitnessLife Story Book:In the wake of suicide: stories of the people left behind Source: In the wake of suicide: stories of the people left behind
“There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.” ThinkingMenWayDifferencesRacePersonalityCivilizationConnectionsFundamentalsCivilizedPrimitiveWay Of Thinking Author:Franz Boas
“I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries cannot even begin to imagine. However, it terrifies me that we seem to have lost touch with our connection to the earth. I am concerned that we have risen to such heights of arrogance in our refusal to acknowledge that our earth is rapidly changing in ways that might affect us catastrophically but instead, we hold steadfast to our belief that nothing can happen to us as a people.” PeopleWayFeelsCountrySeemsMightHappensEarthBeliefLostEnjoyEnvironmentRightsImagineConcernedConnectionsBlessedAcknowledgeHeightArroganceGlobal WarmingOther CountriesRefusalRisenSteadfast Author:Sheryl Crow
“My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.” WayWantMayHas BeensCountryStatesCharacterHomePoliticalDesireInfluencePolicyJudgmentEuropeConnectionsAimIndependentConvincedEngagementForeign PolicyOther CountriesArdentAmerican Character Author:George Washington
“I'm glad that so many of Donald Pease's unique and revealing insights on Dr. Seuss--observations he shared with me on camera with an effusiveness and profundity quite unmatched--have found their way into book form. No one tells these tales of young Ted, Mr. Geisel, and Dr. Seuss, and makes the connections between the three of them, quite like Dr. Pease.” WayBookFormYoungThreeFoundUniqueConnectionsCamerasInsightGladTalesObservationDrsRevealingProfundity Author:Ron Lamothe
“The best thing you can do to set yourself apart is just be yourself. If you're fake, you know people find out who you are later, it's like, 'Well that's not who we thought you were.' Being yourself is where you feel most comfortable and people get, you know, they feel that connection the best. That's the best way to go. You always have to be yourself.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFeelsWellsCan DoComfortableConnectionsWho You AreBest WayBest ThingsFakeBeing YourselfJust Be Yourself Author:David Archuleta
“Vulnerable people are powerful people. Opening your heart and sharing it means you're going to get so much love in your life. and it's the way to true connection and real purpose and meaning in your life, in my opinion.” PeopleWayHeartMeanRealPurposePowerfulOpinionConnectionsOpeningVulnerableMuch LoveOpen Your HeartPurpose And Meaning Author:Amy Poehler
“I always try and mix High Street finds into my looks. It really doesn't matter how much something costs, it's the way you wear it! Fashion is about self expression, having fun, and occasionally being a little disposable. I really enjoy lots of stores that are found at local shopping malls. French Connection, Zara, and Topshop always interpret the fashions direct from the catwalk at affordable prices. This playsuit from Hoss Intropia is delicate, super sexy, and has a lingerie feel. I'd throw on a super soft, chunky cardigan and a pair of flat gladiator sandals.” WayFeelsTryingLooksLittlesSelfMatterFoundFunEnjoyStreetsFashionExpressionCostDirectConnectionsSexyStoresLocalsHaving FunPairsFlatsShoppingDelicateAffordableSelf ExpressionMallsDisposableLingerieSandalsCatwalkCardigansZaraTopshopSuper Sexy Author:Cat Deeley
“And yet, even so, there is a way to find happiness. That is to be curious about all of the interlocking events that add up to our lives. To notice connections. To be amused or perhaps frightened by the ways things work out. If the universe is indifferent, what a consolation that we are not.” IfsWayUniverseOur LivesEventsConnectionsAddWork OutCuriousFrightenedIndifferentConsolationFinding HappinessAmusedThings Work Out Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005 Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005
“In my life I have had to work through problems of stigmatization and prejudice. When I discovered the power of the arts to express my pains and joys, it became clear to me that there would be no other way to work through the demons except to fully embrace the process of creation. The work was not personal therapy but had a connection to other peoples' realities. As I grow older and more mature, it becomes clearer to me that personal struggles and conflicts are connected with universal struggles and conflicts. It is this knowledge, ironically, that gives me the freedom to experiment in my work” WayGivingArtProblemRealityWould BePainJoyGrowsProcessStruggleClearCreationConflictConnectionsUniversalGive MePrejudiceEmbraceConnectedExperimentsTherapyDemonMaturePersonal Struggle Author:Reza Abdoh
“It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection.” PeopleWayPersonsDoeSeemsYoungLaughingConnectionsMake SenseInstantContradictionShyPerformersGood WayMaking People LaughShy PersonInstant Connection Author:Paul Merton
“Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies are no longer the basis of wealth. Now relationships, links, connections, and sharing are. Value has shifted away from a copy toward the many ways to recall, annotate, personalize, edit, authenticate, display, mark, transfer, and engage a work. Art is a conversation, not a patent office. The citation of sources belongs to the realms of journalism and scholarship, not art. Reality can’t be copyrighted.” WayHas BeensArtRealityValuesWealthEconomicSourceConversationOfficeModelsArt IsBuiltConnectionsBasesMarkJournalismRealmsCopiesLinksRegimesDisplayRecallsScholarshipTransfersEditsPatentsEconomic ModelsCitations Author:David Shields
“In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.” ThinkingWayFormOrderDesignBuildingConnectionsConstructionSensuous Author:Peter Zumthor
“Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a certain quantity of vital information removed from but evoked by a communication in such a way as to cause a kind of explosion of associative connections within the recipient.” WayKindPersonsSometimesStoriesCertainCausesCommonInformationCommunicationDependsJokesConnectionsInsightfulShort StoryQuantityExplosionsTheoristsGreat Short Author:David Foster Wallace
“Creativity is especially expressed in the ability to make connections, to make associations, to turn things around and express them in a new way.” WayInspirationalTurnsAbilityEducationCreativityTeacherTeachingConnectionsAssociationNew Ways Author:Tim Hansen
“Feelings are you inner guidance system-your emotional compass. When you allow this compass to direct your actions you build self-trust. When you feel hungry, you eat. When you feel tired, you rest. When you feel lonely, you reach out for a connection to others. In this most basic way your feelings link you with the wisest part of yourself. They tell you what you need to know at any given moment.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsSelfMomentsFeelingsActionSpiritualGivenEmotionalDirectLonelyConnectionsTiredHungryGuidanceLinksReach OutCompassWisestFeeling LonelySelf Trust Author:Cheryl Richardson
“John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the connections human beings make, that in spite of everything, we will always make. To quote from the book, 'What he saw in the people was what the old anthropologists called communitas. It wasn't that the people sang and moved. It was their singing and moving together' Singing and moving together, Wood has found a way to express this profound and beautiful idea through fiction.” PeopleWayHumansBookIdeasTogetherBeautifulMovingFoundNamesHuman BeingsFictionSawsSingingConnectionsMovedProfoundPatientWoodsThoughtfulSpiteAnthropologists Author:Peter Orner
“I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and I was saying, 'Bring back the lip synch'... And it struck me that Ashlee Simpson is a lot like George Bush - because she wouldn't even really be in the big leagues if it wasn't for family connections, and she's in way over her head. And she doesn't know what to do. And she blamed her band.” IfsKnowsWayShowsBigsLastsNightBandSingingConnectionsLipsLeagueLast NightFamily Connections Author:Bill Maher