“Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection slips I have received. Don't ever give up!” GivingGiving UpEndureIncludingRejectionSlipsBathroomDon't Ever Give Up Author:Jonathan Weeks
“I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.” ThinkingBigsCitiesIncludingAnything Is PossibleBig CitiesReinventingReinventing Yourself Author:Caroline Leavitt
“I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar system, including comets and asteroids, as exploration targets.” ShouldObjectsMoonTreatsAgreeIncludingTargetExplorationMarsSolar SystemCometsAsteroids Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think it's perfectly consistent to say that I want my government to be operating for all faiths and all peoples, including atheists and agnostics, while also insisting that there are values tha tinform my politics that are appropriate to talk about.” ThinkingWantGovernmentValuesIncludingAtheistConsistentAppropriateInsisting Author:Barack Obama
“Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in terms of the economy, education, health, and social achievements - as a result of exploitation of poorer countries, including Arab countries. Western nations get rich by using resources such as Arab oil. Meanwhile, the countries supplying them raw materials remain poor. Due to such injustices, jealousies are created.” PeopleMayCountryNationsSocialTermPoorResultsEconomyRichMaterialsAchievementResourcesWestWesternIncludingInjusticeDuesOilExploitationGet RichRaw MaterialsCountry WesternUsing Resources Author:Dalai Lama
“Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.” PeopleLooksHumanityReligiousEmotionCompassionMeditationIncludingCalmValuableCaringWorthwhileInwardConstructive Author:Dalai Lama
“Such techniques, including meta-discursive stuff, self-reference, irony, black humor, cynicism, grotesquerie and shock, it would be safe to say that television or televisual values rule the culture. Television is successfully using a lot of those same techniques but using them for a very different agenda, which is to sort of create an ethos and please people and to sell products to consumers.” PeopleDifferentSelfWould BeValuesCultureStuffBlackTelevisionProductsPleaseSafeSellsIncludingTechniqueConsumersIronyShockAgendasCynicismEthosBlack Humor Author:David Foster Wallace
“What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin.” LittlesI CanWarSeemsYoungWaitingSinGenerationsMadIncludingCrowdsCirclesWickedMentalityCouchesEvangelical Author:Matt Chandler
“A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.” KnowsWorldShouldArtistOrderGivenCreativeStudyCreatingCapacityLaborIncludingAlmightyAvoidingRivalsCreative WritersDuplication Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“When I was growing up, everybody smoked, including me. When I was 14, I started. We all did it. That was just the way it was. And nowadays there's a stigma attached to it. It's a big shift.” WayBigsGrowing UpGrowingIncludingStigma Author:Wayne Dyer
“I have met countless people who call themselves Christians who don't appear to have any living breathing vibrant connection with the resurrected Christ and I've met countless people from every religious background including atheists that tell me of their very personal and real experiences of the living Christ. I don't have people asking me why they should believe something - that's starting off on the wrong foot to say the least.” PeopleShouldBelieveRealChristianChristReligiousFeetMetsConnectionsAskingIncludingStartingAtheistBackgroundsBreathing Author:Rob Bell
“The Buddha always reminds us that our afflictions, including our fear and our desiring, are born from our ignorance. That is why in order to dissipate fear, we have to remove wrong perception.” OrderBornIgnorancePerceptionIncludingRemoveAffliction Author:Nhat Hanh
“The Bush administration has been doing everything it can to hide the huge number of returning veterans who are severely wounded - 17,000 so far including roughly 20 percent with serious brain and head injuries. Even the estimate of $500 billion ignores the lifetime disability and healthcare costs that taxpayers will have to spend for years to come.” YearsHas BeensNumbersBrainSeriousHugeCostPercentLifetimeIncludingBillionsAdministrationInjuryDisabilityHealthcareWoundedVeteranTaxpayersHuge NumbersHead Injuries Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam.” BelieveI BelieveChristianityPracticeIslamIncludingDeeperJudaismChristianity And Islam Author:Madonna Ciccone
“It seemed that most women, because they had been caught, gave up on the movement and were just trying to pass the time until they could be released. Men in prison struggled to maintain their pride, including their manhood, because that is all they had left after everything had been taken away.” MenTryingLeftTakenMovementPridePrisonIncludingCaughtManhoodGave Up Author:Assata Shakur
“Terrible things always seemed to happen to hitchhikers in movies - including my own. It has always been glamorous and dangerous and scary and sexy.” HappensMy OwnDangerousTerribleIncludingScarySexyTerrible ThingsGlamorous Author:John Waters
“I approached UNHCR because I believe in what the United Nations. I believe refugees are the most vulnerable people in the world. They are affected by everything, including landmines. They are vulnerable to everything.” PeopleWorldBelieveI BelieveNationsUnitedIncludingI Believe InVulnerableAffectedRefugeeUnited NationsLandmines Author:Angelina Jolie
“In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there is a tradition of writers being quite engaged. Particularly in the Arab world you have had very, very strong traditions of literature and poetry and most of the writers have been deeply committed to the cause of the Arab nation.” WorldHas BeensLiteratureStrongNationsCausesTraditionWesternIncludingCommittedEngagedLatinVery StrongLatin AmericaWestern WorldArab WorldLatin American Author:Tariq Ali
“Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.” WayYearsBigsAgeWantedEnergySportsTeachLuckyBasketballAspectMovedCompetitionIncludingSwimmingInspirational SportsInspirational BasketballMoved OnCompetitivenessSportsmanshipCamaraderieI Moved On Author:Tim Duncan
“Give thanks for all that shows up in your life including the stuff that you perceive to be negative, the things that you wish wouldn't have happened. Don't take anything forgranted.” GivingShowsWishStuffHappenedNegativeIncludingThanksPerceive Author:Wayne Dyer
“Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.” LooksIncludingKitchenExpensiveCollectionsThrownGrotesqueCoutureKitchen Sinks Author:Alexander McQueen
“As I looked at material and spiritual poverty in the world around me, including approximately 2 billion people who haven't even heard the gospel, I knew that I needed to make some major changes in my life.” PeopleWorldSpiritualPovertyHeardHavensMaterialsNeededMajorsIncludingBillionsChanging My LifeMajor Change Author:David Platt
“Just the way sound creates visible waves as it travels through a droplet of water, our "belief waves" ripple through the quantum fabric of the universe to become our bodies and the healing, abundance, and peace-or disease, lack, and suffering-that we experience in life. And just the way we can tune a sound to change its patterns, we can tune our beliefs to preserve or destroy all that we cherish, including life itself.” WayBodySufferingUniverseBeliefPeaceSoundWaterHealingDiseaseIncludingWavePatternsPreservesAbundanceVisibleTunesCherishQuantumFabricRippleDroplets Author:Gregg Braden
“Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity and buffeting. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and often heartbreak for everyone, including those who earnestly seek to do right and be faithful. ... In this way the soul can become like soft clay in the hands of the Master.” WaySoulHandsSeemsMastersSorrowAdversityIncludingPainfulFaithfulAnguishClayBeing Faithful Author:James E. Faust
“You really don't create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people.” PeopleChoicesIncludingPersonal Choice Author:Hugh Hefner
“Well before I was in a band, I wanted to be everything from a vet, an astronaut, an archeologist was a big one. It could be very wide-ranging because I had a lot of different interests including music so I'm very happy where I wound up.” WellsDifferentBigsWantedInterestBandIncludingWideWoundsVery HappyAstronautVets Author:Joan Jett
“We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it very clear that the courts can't make a law. The Constitution is expressly clear that that's a power reserved to Congress.” MadeDifferentLawPresidentClearConstitutionCourtIncludingCongressMade ItFoundersReservedHamilton Author:Mike Huckabee
“I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.” WayWantFilmTechnologyGenerationsToolsPlantIncludingAvailableSeedsTheatreNew TechnologyNew Generation Author:Kevin Spacey
“The world is beset by challenges including the ongoing danger of international terrorism, and the significant political and economic threats posed by factors such as the high levels of corporate and sovereign debt and persistent unemployment.” WorldPoliticalChallengesLevelsEconomicDangerThreatIncludingInternationalTerrorismDebtSignificantFactorsCorporateSovereignUnemploymentPersistentOngoingHigh LevelInternational Terrorism Author:Dan Quayle
“I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.” TypeInternetIncludingHip HopHipsCurseHops Author:Nicki Minaj
“Every generation has to find their own heroes.” GenerationsMinesHeroIncluding Author:Sylvester Stallone
“If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.” PeopleIfsPersonsCountryEasyDown AndIncludingInnocentConvinceApartheid Author:Nelson Mandela
“The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively appraised” InfluencePerformancesIncludingOutcomesAttainmentInteractingSelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.” ProblemTermInterestPoliticianIncludingOppositionVotingEffectivenessHaving Hope Author:Gloria Steinem
“The definition of what it means to be dying has changed radically. We are able to extend people's lives considerably, including sometimes, good days.” PeopleMeanSometimesAbleDyingChangedIncludingDefinitionsGood Day Author:Atul Gawande
“People don't realize how much the food industry has infiltrated all aspects of our children's lived experience, including their experience at school. There are sponsored curricula by food companies, they're also in our schools with logos sponsoring sports teams.” PeopleChildrenSchoolSportsRealizingCompanyTeamIndustryAspectOur ChildrenIncludingLogosSports TeamFood Industry Author:Anna Lappe
“Vienna is relatively small. And it had wonderful salons, opportunities for people to get together. There was a lot of interaction between scientists and non-scientists, between Jews and non-Jews, between artists, writers and scientists, including medical scientists.” PeopleTogetherArtistOpportunityWonderfulScientistIncludingJewMedicalInteractionGet TogetherViennaSalons Author:Eric Kandel
“The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.” PeopleDonePlayWantedPositionIncludingProfessionPsychologicalGoalkeepers Author:Oliver Kahn
“Then you get these articles about how unhealthy life is in the city. You know; mobile phone tumours - far more likely in the city. Well you know what, so is everything else! Including sex, coffee and conversation.” KnowsWellsHumorFunnyLife IsSexCitiesConversationIncludingPhonesCoffeeArticlesMobileUnhealthyMobile Phones Author:Dylan Moran
“Transhumanist technology will do much for the world that the world can't really imagine yet, including overcome some of the climate issues the world is facing.” WorldTechnologyIssuesImagineOvercomingClimateIncluding Author:Zoltan Istvan
“In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very interesting developments, reflecting the revitalization of community power with a more and more active presence of minorities in political life, including the presence of women who are of course by no means a minority.” WorldMeanPoliticalCoursesCommunityInterestingDemocracyThis WorldDevelopmentLosingIncludingActiveMinoritiesRepresentativesVery InterestingReflectingPolitical LifeLosing FaithParticipatory DemocracyRevitalization Author:Eduardo Galeano
“It's extremely important that, as writers, we give a voice to those who don't have voices, including the other animals that we share the planet with and the places that are endangered or being lost.” GivingImportantLostVoiceAnimalSharePlanetsIncluding Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I never want to abandon my roots. I want to give my past and the history of painting the importance it deserves, including the masters like Rembrandt, who built up the surface of the canvas with transparent layers.” WantGivingPastPaintingMastersDeserveBuiltRootsImportanceIncludingSurfaceAbandonLayersCanvasTransparentMy Past Author:Jose Parla
“I am not sure that there has been a "lack of progress." On the contrary, the concept of feminism is not only well established but is now also attracting interest from young women, including teenagers and pre-teens. But a new interest is also symptomatic of the failure of the feminist project and the need for its renewal.” NeedsWellsHas BeensYoungInterestProgressFeminismProjectsConceptsIncludingFeministContraryTeenagerNot SureTeensYoung WomenRenewal Author:Laura Mulvey
“If anxiety is the major force of our contemporary condition, a lot of poetry - including my own, mostly - sort of tries to escape that, fly off into magical thinking or bewilderment or whatever.” IfsThinkingTryingForceMy OwnConditionsAnxietyMajorsIncludingContemporaryBewildermentMagical Thinking Author:Mike Young
“I think we all waste a lot of time measuring ourselves up against impossible standards in lots of ways. We need to learn a few things, one of which being that physical beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, including a lot that the women's magazines have never even thought of.” ThinkingWayNeedsImpossibleShapesWasteStandardsIncludingSizeMagazinesMeasuringPhysical Beauty Author:Kate Grenville
“I used to play a few instruments including guitar and snare drums, but I think a musical background is an important part of a career. If you start out playing instruments you create a better instinct and feeling for music.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayFeelingsUsedCareersInstrumentsInstinctGuitarMusicalIncludingBackgroundsSnaresPlaying Instruments Author:Nicky Romero
“I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the money to buy the basic equipment including the camera, the projector and the screen.” SchoolFilmLeftCompanyDirectorsCamerasIncludingScreensEquipmentTelephonesFilm DirectorsProjectors Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“In my personal life I'm very conservative. I've been married to the same person for nearly 50 years, I'm scrupulous about paying bills, avoiding debt. I'm very careful. But as an actor I'm pretty reckless. I've done a lot of things that, when I see myself on screen, I have to shut my eyes. And I've made a whole bunch of movies that nobody sees, including me.” YearsPersonsMadeDoneWholeEyeActorsMarriedBillsIncludingConservativeCarefulDebtScreensBunchAvoidingPersonal LifeReckless Author:Christopher Walken
“We don't even know what species are out there, for the most part, particularly when you get down to the microbes and very small invertebrates. They make up the mass of the organisms around us, including the soil we depend on, the soil of cornfields as well as hardwood forests. We haven't taken ecology to the point where we can even make a crude prediction of what's going to happen when we've reduced the living world down to a certain level.” KnowsWorldWellsHappensCertainLevelsTakenHavensDependsMassSpeciesIncludingForestsSoilOrganismsEcologyPredictionsCrudeMicrobesHardwoodInvertebrates Author:E. O. Wilson