“When I was racing, we were more used to seeing some horrific accidents. For example, Michael Schumacher is a great world champion, but I haven't seen a weekend where he doesn't go off the circuit. At every race he always has a spin or runs through the gravel trap. He usually doesn't hit anything, but nevertheless it is an error that could not have been made in the days I raced.” WorldHas BeensMadeRunningUsedRaceSeeingHavensExampleErrorsAccidentsChampionRacingWeekendNeverthelessTrapsCircuitsHorrificWorld ChampionsGravelSchumacher Author:Jackie Stewart
“Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have to hold on to. If you're really desperate, you might need to grope, saying, for example, "I've never killed anyone with a hammer" or "I've never stolen from anyone who didn't deserve it.” IfsNeedsSometimesMightSinHavensExampleDeserveCommittedDesperateStolenHammers Author:David Sedaris
“I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example, when we're backstage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins, it doesn't affect me the way in which it did for Freddy [sic] Mercury who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy.” WayFeelsWritingYearsWellsLightReadingFeltHavensExampleListeningCreatingCrowdsEnvyAdmireGuiltyExcitementAdorationRelishMercuryReading And WritingManicSuicide NoteCreating Music Author:Freddie Mercury
“One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.” LooksWomenHavensExampleGeniusGood ThingsBeing A Woman Book:How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life Source: How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.” MadeMomentsFilmDecisionHalfHavensExampleProjectsShotsTrainDefeatStuckOccasionsGoing To WorkRunaway Author:Steven Spielberg
“Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make up their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for example, talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's willing to say anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a good record in Texas.” PeopleMindWellsMeanStatesHumorPoliticalOrderPresidentTalkingRecordsHavensExampleWillingConvinceTexasSay AnythingPolitical HumorPunditsGood Records Author:George W. Bush
“[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us, if we don't find any sympathy or pleasure, for example, in a modern painting, are likely to blame our own ignorance of the history and theory of painting. But nobody pretends to like a bad comic strip. Such harshness is necessary for any real truth to surface, I think, and for art to really contribute anything to life. Though I don't know. I could be wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsArtRealLastsPleasureModernHavensHonestyExampleIgnorancePaintingTheoryReaderBlameResponseSurfaceGenuineComicComic StripsHarshnessReal Truth Author:Chris Ware
“The social problem is that we haven't come up with any alternative models. Our culture hasn't developed an ars erotica. Think, for example, of conditions in India or in Japanese culture and of how the erotic has been cultivated there. They're not as clinical and rabbit-like as we are.” ThinkingHas BeensProblemCultureSocialConditionsHavensExampleModelsIndiaCome UpAlternativesEroticRabbitsSocial ProblemsClinicalsJapanese Culture Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.” PeopleMenFeelingsProblemAgeAbleForceWhiteMiddleEffectsHavensExampleHigherDrugSuicideRateAlcoholEtcGet BackArticlesImaginaryWhite ManMiddle AgesRecessionsDemographicsGallopingGreat Recession Author:Rick Moody
“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.” IfsWantMayEndsFactsBigsActionValuesChoicesHavensHonestyExampleConflictBehaviorStressWhat You WantUnhappyDefinedFinding YourselfLiarsHanging OutFrustratedBig ThingsOur ActionsPsychologistMaking ChoicesDespondent Author:Darren Hardy
“Regarding some of the super powers that I reference, like walking on water, I haven't seen people do that, but once you get into the science, a lot of it starts to make a lot of sense, for example, like people being able to read your mind. It's very logical, because words are just a grosser form of thought, and thought is just a grosser form of feeling.” PeopleMindFeelingsAbleFormWaterHavensExampleWalkingLogicalSuper PowerWalking On Water Author:Karan Bajaj
“There are guys I admire. Like Jimmy Stewart and - a more modern example - Tom Hanks. They managed to do it and have a really high standard for their work, but at the same time they remained incredibly classy and well-regarded personally throughout the process, which I thought was rare and kind of cool. And I'm trying. I try. I haven't thrown any TVs out the hotel window yet.” TryingWellsKindGuyProcessModernHavensExampleTvsStandardsWindowAdmireThrownHotelTomsJimmyHigh StandardsJimmy Stewart Author:Ryan Reynolds
“The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president. And you've seen the violence in his home city of Chicago. This is just another example.” NeedsMatterFactsHomePresidentCitiesClearViolenceHavensExampleMessagesCurrentsBarackChicagoPresident Barack ObamaCity Of Chicago Author:Chris Christie
“I spent the better part of a week trying to figure out how to organize these stacks of 30 years of conversations and dialogues. I finally began clustering them in these different categories, and I ended up with the ones you listed.It's interesting to me the kinds of questions I haven't been called to wrestle with. For example, I don't know what this says, but I'm not asked a lot of political questions.” KnowsTryingYearsKindDifferentPoliticalInterestingWeekHavensFiguresExampleConversationDialogueCategoriesOrganize Author:Max Lucado
“I've got friends who are so good at getting away with things, like going up to the desk to get upgraded on a plane, for example. I haven't got any of that kind of confidence in those situations. I look so awkward. I act awkward. I'm really apologetic. I fail to get anything that way.” WayLooksKindSituationFailingHavensExamplePlanesGet AwayAwkwardDesksApologetic Author:Ruth Wilson