“I love physical stuff. I love jumping in and getting my nose bloody. I don't really mind it. I think that, if you don't come out with a few cuts and scrapes, you haven't really been putting the effort it.” IfsThinkingMindStuffEffortCuttingHavensNosesBloodyJumpingJumping In Author:Tom Weston-Jones
“For most of modern life, our strong talents and desires for group effort have been filtered through relatively rigid institutional structures because of the complexity of managing groups. We haven't had all the groups we've wanted, we've simply had the groups we could afford. The old limits of what unmanaged and unpaid groups can do are no longer in operation.” Has BeensWantedPoliticalDesirePoliticsStrongCan DoEffortGroupsModernTalentHavensLimitsStructureOperationsComplexityModern LifeGroup Effort Author:Clay Shirky
“Later, in a different home, I befriended a eucalypt, using a resilient bough as a trampoline. Learning nothing from having plummeted from the peppercorn, I'd bounce happily in my haven in the heavens. I loved that tree - and fully understand why Heysen, Roberts, McCubbin and the rest devoted so much time and effort to painting arboreal portraits.” DifferentHomeHeavenEffortTreeHavensPaintingDevotedPortraitsResilientBounceFloraTrampolines Author:Phillip Adams
“I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.” MadeOpportunityEffortWonderfulHavensPressure Author:Diana Vreeland
“The Afghan - obviously the parties will decide which course of action. The most important there, get a government that is seen as legitimate to the people and has the credibility to be a partner in the effort to secure Afghanistan so it's not a haven for al Qaeda or other type of terrorists or international terrorist organizations.” PeopleImportantGovernmentActionCoursesPartyEffortHavensTypeOrganizationInternationalPartnersTerroristSecureAlsAfghanistanCredibilityAl QaedaAfghan Author:Rahm Emanuel
“I do make a conscious effort to not repeat old patterns, instead of being like, But they don't want me! I haven't always been that way.” WayWantEffortHavensConsciousPatternsRepeatsWant Me Author:Molly Shannon