“It's easy to get on to something like alcohol or drugs so my advice to musicians is don't lose your perspective because you will waste time in terms of years.” YearsEasyTermLosesAdvicePerspectiveDrugWasteMusicianAlcoholWasting TimeEasy To Get Author:Joe Walsh
“I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives. . . . The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.” NeedsBelieveHumansI CanStatesProblemGovernmentOrderPolicyPerspectiveDrugCreatingEuropeDebateConsumersOur Society Author:George Papandreou
“Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison system, they have mandatory sentencing and life in prison for three counts of simple drug possession, or whatever. I find it not only helpful but, I think, necessary in maintaining my grounding and my perspective. Because music is such an unrealistic job to have. It's a really lucky job to have, but it's also very unrealistic.” ThinkingStatesJobsThreeSimplePerspectiveDrugLuckyMusic IsPrisonFolksPossessionCaliforniaHelpfulMaintainingAbusersGroundingPrison System Author:Thao Nguyen
“Our biggest art forms are film and television, and there hasn't been a great film about 9/11 yet, nor has there been a great television series. Something like The Wire gives us a rich and fully achieved picture of the wasteful, cruel War on Drugs; something like The White Ribbon gives a perspective on World War I that could only have been presented long after the event itself.” WorldGivingLongHas BeensArtWarFilmFormWhiteRichEventsTelevisionPerspectiveDrugSeriesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IWireWar On DrugsRibbonsGreat FilmFilm And Television Author:Teju Cole
“When people fall in love, there´s period of up to three years during which the zeal and infatuation ride at a peak. The internal signals in the body and breain are literally a love drug. And then it beginds to decline. From this perspective, we are preprogramed to lose interest in a sexual partner after the time required to raise a child has passed - which is, on average, about 4 years.” PeopleYearsChildrenBodyFallThreeInterestLosesPerspectivePeriodsDrugRaisesFalling In LoveAveragePartnersInternalsThree YearsDeclineSignalsInfatuationZeal Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.” SelfHelpingPainSpiritLaughingPerspectiveTerribleDrugMiracleDefeatPityCuresEaseRemedySelf PityWhiningPredicamentsLaugh At YourselfDerisionHistorical Perspective Author:Og Mandino