“the most terribly human moments - the ones we want to pretend never happened - are the very moments that make us who we are today. ... You are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them.” WantHumansMomentsTodayHappenedReactionsDefinedWho We AreImperfect Author:Jenny Lawson
“A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So my reaction to someone saying "You must!" or "You should!" or even "Hey, why don't you?" is basically to sort of shrug and politely walk off and do whatever I want to do. It's nobody else's business, really, and even if I happened to agree with one of those "musts" or "shoulds" what would I do about it, if my heart wasn't in it?” IfsWantShouldWritingHeartSaidInterestWalksHappenedMy HeartAgreeReactionsManageHey Author:George Saunders
“Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a level that the crimes against men tend to draw a different visceral reaction. Again, not saying it's right, but they tend to draw a different visceral reaction, which is that the man was out in the world doing men stuff and something happened to him.” MenWorldFeelsDifferentStoriesStuffInterestLevelsHappenedCrimeDangerHe ManTypeDrawsReactionsVisceralDoing Me Author:Bill James
“Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over and there were gangs of girls going and screaming. There were kids that were 10 or 11 years old when September 11 happened. They've been told for years they're going to get killed, they're going to get blown up. Every time you go on an airplane, X-ray your shoes because you're going to get blown up. Terror alert orange, don't travel. So, people have a reaction and they want to scream. Horror movies have become the new date movie.” PeopleWantYearsKidsGirlAudienceSawsHappenedCrazyGoes OnHorrorBiggerShoesTerrorTheatreReactionsRaysScreamAirplaneSeptemberTeenageOrangeGangSeptember 11Teenage GirlDate Movie Author:Eli Roth
“A lot of the times once you've finished a scene, the best reaction is to say you don't really remember what happened. I don't really remember what I did or the choices I made.” MadeRememberChoicesHappenedSceneFinishedReactions Author:Jessica Biel
“Comedy is very interesting because you can very quickly cross into dangerous territory. I mean look at what happened, unfortunately, (in) Paris a couple of weeks ago. They were making comics - which were really satire - but it offended people. I'm not saying the reaction was justified but there's definitely a line when you're doing comedy or satire and how it might affect somebody. That's the thing you have to watch and I think you have to be respectful of it.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanMightLinesInterestingWatchesComedyHappenedWeekDangerousCoupleCrossesReactionsParisSatireTerritoryJustifiedOffendedVery InterestingRespectfulBe Respectful Author:Corbin Bernsen
“You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.” KnowsMoneyAttentionHappenedHumorousValuableReactionsInsightfulValuable Things Author:Steve Jobs
“Not that I ever felt the necessity of proving that all human beings suffer the same way, feel joy the same way, but it happened on my way - when I get close to these people, just by the simple intervention of translation I can actually reach them and ask them something, and their reaction is as I expected. I see that the relationship goes so smoothly, and I realize that cultural languages and specificities are nothing but simple obstacles that you can easily overcome. It's obvious that human beings are the same wherever they are.” PeopleWayFeelsHumansI CanJoySufferingAsksLanguageFeltRealizingHuman BeingsSimpleHappenedProveOvercomingObviousObstaclesExpectedReactionsMy WayInterventionTranslationsSpecificity Author:Abbas Kiarostami