“Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.” YearsLongSaidHardAmericaViewsOptimismCyclesPessimismRealism Author:Ron Fournier
“These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for, anyway, in this hard-edged, worried world? Into this cultural uncertainty Gregory Orr's spirited meditation on the surprisingly tensile strength of poetry in the face of profound suffering and grief presents a welcome fresh view of the ancient human instinct to cry out and to praise.” WorldHumansHardSeemsFacesSufferingViewsGriefMeditationCryAbusePraiseInstinctProfoundAncientWelcomeWorriedImpulseUncertaintyThese DaysFragileMistrustSpirited Author:Patricia Hampl
“It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before me. I feel overinformed by different styles and different possibilities.” FeelsDifferentSometimesHardViewsStylePossibilityMusicianMusic IsLeagueDifferent Styles Author:Ryan Adams
“It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me.” YearsHardEnoughSeemsViewsPlansEveningBehave Author:Wallace Shawn
“To its devotees the bowtie suggests iconoclasm of an Old World sort, a fusty adherence to a contrarian point of view. The bowtie hints at intellectualism, real or feigned, and sometimes suggests technical acumen, perhaps because it is so hard to tie. BowTies are worn by magicians, country doctors, lawyers and professors and by people hoping to look like the above. But perhaps most of all, wearing a bow tie is a way of broadcasting an aggressive lack of concern for what other people think.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayLooksRealCountrySometimesHardViewsConcernDoctorsPoint Of ViewLawyerTiesProfessorsAggressiveBowsWornMagicianHintsIntellectualismOld WorldBroadcastingDevoteeAdherenceAcumenBow TieIconoclasm Author:Warren St. John
“It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read daily and view on the TV has thrust imagined forms into the shadow. We are staggeringly rich in facts, in things, and perhaps, like the nouveau riche of other ages, we want our wealth faithfully reproduced by the artist.” PeopleWantBelieveHardFactsSeemsAgeFormArtistWealthViewsRichTvsShadowExcitingThrustNouveau Riche Book:It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future Source: It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
“Its very hard trying to talk to an actor about how they should deliver lines, or cut their hair, unless it comes from a place of a strong point of view.” ShouldTryingHardActorsStrongLinesViewsCuttingHairPoint Of View Author:Tony Scott
“In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.” HardViewsVisionClearHard WorkFairsIdealsPatientDrivenMinistersPrimeCompassionatePrime MinisterClear Vision Author:Julia Gillard
“From the writer's point of view, critics should be ignored, although it's hard not to do what they suggest. I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends. Suppose you write something that stinks, what are they going to say in a review? Say it stinks? So if they're honest, they do, and if you were friends you're still friends, but the knowledge of your lousy writing and their articulate admission of it will be always something between the two of you, like the knowledge between a man and his wife of some shady adultery.” IfsThinkingMenShouldWritingStillsTwoHardViewsWifeHonestCriticismCriticsPoint Of ViewReviewsUnfortunateIgnoredAdulteryStinkAdmissionShady Author:William Styron
“as an economics professor I am by nature inclined to the view that the truth isn't out there, it's in here - that usually you learn a lot more by thinking really hard about the data than you do by sniffing around for supposedly inside information.” ThinkingHardTruthViewsInformationTruth IsEconomicsDataProfessorsFree ThoughtSniffing Author:Paul Krugman
“The image of Earth from space transformed our view of ourselves. It is maybe the most important image that exists - because we can see ourselves in context in a way that otherwise would be really hard to explain. It should inspire us to wonder about it, to want to know everything we can about it and do everything we can to take care of it.” KnowsWayWantShouldImportantHardWould BeCareEarthSpaceViewsWonderInspireTake CareTransformed Author:Sylvia Earle