“We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era of fear and media monopolies? Writing allows us to transform what has happened to us and to fight back against what's hurting us. While not everyone is an author, everyone is a writer and I think that the process of writing is deeply spiritual and liberatory.” ThinkingNeedsWritingStoriesSpiritualFightingProcessHurtHappenedHeardMediaErasMonopoly Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story again?” PeopleIfsNeedsStoriesSongWonderHeardNarrative Author:Craig Finn
“It's something we do every week. Every week kind of has bigger name headliners. It's all just our taste. There's a lot of people like Ian Edwards or Dan Mintz who a lot of people haven't heard of yet, but we know are really great. When we started the show five years ago it wasn't because Patton Oswalt needs another place to play. It was because we had a lot of new friends like BJ Novak or Morgan Murphy, who didn't have any club to play.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsKindPlayShowsNamesFiveHeardWeekHavensTasteYears AgoBiggerClubsFive YearsReally GreatNew FriendsMurphy Author:B. J. Porter
“You need a relationship with Jesus, and I had never heard that before. So when my mom told me about that, I said, "Okay, let me try this." And so I did.” NeedsTryingSaidJesusHeardMomOkayLet MeMy Mom Author:Frances Newton
“I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've heard a car tire screech and 30 people went to the window. That was a piece of excitement in their day, that a car might have had to stop quickly, you know. You don't need dinosaurs, you know.” PeopleKnowsNeedsMightStuffPiecesHeardCarOfficeSittingWindowBoredExcitementPretendingTireDinosaursSitting Down Author:Ricky Gervais
“When I came here [to Malaysia] I heard that there is a problem with the concept of pluralism whereby pluralism is understood in a very narrow way, which I think is wrong. This is not to diminish your sense of truth in what you believe but to acknowledge the fact that we live in a world where we need to deal with pluralism. It's a fact.” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsBelieveFactsProblemDealsHeardUnderstoodConceptsAcknowledgeDiminishPluralismMalaysiaPluralism Is Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We've heard from people all around the world, telling us that this is their reality. People need a way to connect the sometimes really hard reality in which they wake up each morning with the movement of the Spirit.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsSometimesHardRealitySpiritMorningHeardMovementWake UpAround The World Author:Shane Claiborne
“I think there is always new people that have never heard the gospel before that need to have it because the gospel - which is the death, resurrection of Christ and the message of his forgiveness - is the only hope for a person knowing that they will go to Heaven and then finding the meaning and purpose they search for in life.” PeopleThinkingNeedsPersonsPurposeHeavenChristKnowingHeardFindingsMessagesResurrection Author:Greg Laurie
“You may have heard that Donald Trum has long refused to release his tax returns, the way every other nominee for president has done for decades. You can look at 40 years of my tax returns. I think we need a law that says, if you become the nominee of the major parties, you have to release your tax returns.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsYearsLooksMayLongDoneLawPresidentPartyHeardReturnTaxesMajorsDecadesReleaseTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton