“I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.” ThinkingSufferingPerfectCitiesTalkingSeeingHappenedHonestNostalgiaBeing HonestBelovedFlawsBaltimore Author:Laura Lippman
“Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveFeelingsRememberYoungAsksHouseI BelieveSeeingHappenedEventsSonMetsConnectionsEightAsk MeCagesPapa Author:Simon Helberg
“Karma is not something pessimistic. If you think of karma as something wrong, you are seeing karma only according to what happened in the past. You look at the past and karma becomes a monster. So you should also look at karma in the present and future. Then karma becomes something very wide and really alive. Through karma you can understand what your destiny is. Destiny itself has no solid form; it's something you can create. You can create your life. That is why we study karma.” IfsThinkingShouldLooksPastFormDestinyStudyAliveSeeingHappenedWideKarmaMonstersOur DestinyYour DestinyPessimistic Book:Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time Source: Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time
“I was curious as to why a million Americans weren't lining the beaches in boats and with buckets to preserve the life sustaining resource that is the Gulf of Mexico. Personally, as a surfer, I was most sorry for my fellow watermen. Seeing beaches closed due to contamination just broke my heart. If that ever happened in San Diego I'm afraid I might be forced to move.” IfsHeartMightMovingMillionsSeeingHappenedMy HeartResourcesFellowsSorryDuesBoatCuriousBrokeBeachPreservesMexicoBucketsSustainingSurferBroke My HeartSan DiegoContaminationGulf Of Mexico Author:Jason Mraz
“Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been through so much. Seeing my father's life struggle and so many whole generations lose their potential or possibility in their lives. Just being pushed into this political struggle and the damage done not only to their lives but their relatives.” LongDoneWholePoliticalFatherInterestLosesStruggleSeeingGenerationsHappenedNew YorkPossibilityLong TimeChinaDamageJust BeingLife StrugglePolitical Struggle Author:Ai Weiwei
“Dutch beaches were known to me as man-made territories, as part of various land reclamation projects. But I was also interested in the media reality of the Moon landing. I wanted to use that event as a measure of time, to see what had happened in those thirty years - which happens to be my lifetime as well. I was born in 1967 and I remember seeing the Moon landing on TV when I was two. All those things were in play. Then it became a big production. It took five months to gather up the goodwill and make it happen.” MenYearsWellsMadeTwoPlayUseBigsRealityHappensWantedRememberBornKnownFiveSeeingHappenedLandMediaEventsTvsMonthsMoonProjectsLifetimeProductionsVariousBeachThirtyTerritoryMake It HappenGoodwillThirty YearsLandingDutchMoon LandingReclamation Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I think waking up in the middle of the night and seeing stuff in the dark and thinking it is something scary or demonic. When you first wake up and you see things and you're eyes aren't open and things aren't what they seem. That happened to me like three weeks ago!” ThinkingFirstsSeemsEyeNightThreeStuffDarkSeeingHappenedWeekMiddleWake UpScaryWakingMiddle Of The NightDemonic Author:Daniel Jacobs
“I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco. Are you in favor of gay marriage?' I was like, 'Well, I'd like to get to know you a little bit better first. I don't know what ever happened to buying a guy a smoothie and seeing what happens. That's how we do it back home.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesRealHomeHappensGuyBitsSeeingHappenedGayLittle BitAreasConservativeFavorsHeyBuyingChicagoThis GuySan FranciscoGay MarriageBack HomeSmoothies Author:Arj Barker
“Seeing that the 97's are a democracy through and through, inevitably, some of these tons of songs I write will get vetoed. The first time that happened (and every time thereafter), I consoled myself with the thought that sooner or later I'd make a solo record” WritingFirstsSongDemocracyRecordsSeeingHappenedFirst TimeSooner Or LaterSolo Author:Rhett Miller
“We`re seeing point to something that`s happened over the last eight years during the [Barack] Obama presidency, and that is the Democratic electorate over the last eight years has gotten a lot more liberal.” YearsLastsSeeingHappenedDemocraticEightBarackPresidencyElectorate Author:Steve Kornacki
“There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people who are deeply touched that our common prayer takes time to remember some of the terrible tragedies that have happened around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldRememberGrowsUnderstandingPrayerCommonSeeingHappenedTerribleTragedyAround The WorldTouchedTake TimeTerrible Tragedy Author:Shane Claiborne