“If the very thought of taking off all your clothes in the middle of the Washington Mall during a school holiday makes you blush, you haven't even begun to dream what it feels like to publish a book.” IfsFeelsBookDreamSchoolMiddleHavensClothesHolidayPublishMalls Book:Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer Source: Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer
“I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.” DoneSchoolMiddleHavensMiddle School Author:Gillian Jacobs
“Witnessing Panama's overnight transition from banana republic to middle-class retirement haven is like watching the Univision version of Extreme Makeover: it feels so tacky but you can't change channels because you just have to find out what happens next.” FeelsHappensNextClassMiddleHavensExtremesVersionsMiddle ClassRetirementRepublicTransitionCan't ChangeBananasPanamaTackyMakeovers Author:Andrew Evans
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.” FeelsYearsSaidTwoJobsGuySexCausesHalfMiddleHavensMetsSorryBlowSan FranciscoHalf A YearBlow Job Author:Kevin Sessums
“It's been kind of extreme - people either love it or they don't like it at all - and I think that's a good thing. It's my first art project where there's not a middle ground. I find it very interesting. But the negative feedback hasn't at all kept me from doing it, obviously. Because I haven't really gotten any negative feedback that I feel is really warranted.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsKindArtInterestingMiddleHavensProjectsNegativeGood ThingsExtremesFeedbackVery InterestingMiddle GroundArt ProjectsNegative Feedback Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder - and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder. . . . Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world.” WorldUseAmericaMiddleHavensSeriousArmsSafeWeaponsMassMurderAimIntentionIraqEastTerroristMiddle EastBin LadenHeartlessSafe Haven Author:George W. Bush
“Sometimes the guys who run the visual effects shop will bury it in and not tell us. We'll be in the middle of the edit, watching it for the fifth or sixth time, and we'll be like, "What's that big W on that building? I don't think we can do that. We haven't asked DC." And then, they take it out.” ThinkingSometimesBigsRunningGuyCan DoMiddleEffectsHavensBuildingVisualsShopsFifthEditsVisual Effects Author:Greg Berlanti
“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
“A military audience is kind of weird. Pretty much how you would imagine a troop of males that haven't seen a female in a long time and have been stuck in a base camp in the middle of nowhere for too long without any alcohol.” KindLongHas BeensAudienceImagineMiddleMilitaryHavensLong TimeFemaleMalesAlcoholStuckCampsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Missy Higgins
“And you're figuring out who you are, and you haven't yet become stagnant in your thinking. You haven't solidified. And one thing that I find is that a lot of grown-ups tend to look back on their high school or middle school years and say, "Oh, thank God all that's over."” ThinkingYearsLooksSchoolOne ThingMiddleHavensHigh SchoolWho You AreThank GodStagnantMiddle SchoolSchool Years Author:Lauren Myracle
“You know, I'm allowed to f--king date, I haven't seen this guy in three years. We're in the middle of a divorce. For a woman, she has to wait. For a man, who cares? That's what it's painted as.” KnowsMenYearsCareGuyThreeWaitingMiddleHavensKingsDivorceThree YearsWho CaresThis Guy Author:Khloe Kardashian
“Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.” SchoolBitsMiddleHavensBandHigh SchoolJazzGuitarTouchedMiddle SchoolAfter High SchoolJazz BandLife After High School Author:Mike Tucker
“I've only been a mom for not even two years yet, so I haven't had much of a chance. But boy do I wish I could have lunch with my girlfriends in the middle of the afternoon. I don't remember the last time I had lunch in the afternoon with my girlfriends.” YearsTwoLastsRememberWishChanceBoysMiddleHavensMomGirlfriendTwo YearsLunchAfternoonLast TimeMy Girlfriend Author:Mila Kunis
“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven't happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along the shore, or around my table, watching the people I love feel nourished in all sorts of ways.” PeopleWayFeelsMindSoulMomentsSpiritualNightWaterBreakHappenedMiddleHavensSonTablesMy SoulMy SonShoreMiddle Of The Night Book:Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way Source: Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way