“It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing.” HappensWould BeUsedBehindsFeetParticularTownsChinaScreensVillageContestsCurtainsBeauty Contest Author:Lisa See
“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?” IfsThinkingPlayHappensBlackFeetFootballBasketballSixTall Book:Disappearing Acts Source: Disappearing Acts