“If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis.” IfsKnowsSocialCrisisSettingSettings Author:Bill Nighy
“My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them.” KnowsChildrenPlayAmericaParentCitiesParticularDramaSettingVersionsSettingsFarmsChildren And Parents Author:Tom Perrotta
“I mean, Robert Pattinson. No, I’m kidding, I shouldn’t say that. He’s actually really nice. My neighbour works with him and said he was a great guy. I don’t know to be honest, I don’t really model myself after anybody. You’re always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can’t look at anybody and think ‘I want to be Damian Lewis’ – I’d be setting myself up for failure.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingLooksMeanSaidI CanGuyOpportunityNiceHonestReadyModelsSettingSettingsBeing HonestNeighbourReally NiceGreat Guy Author:Diego Klattenhoff
“Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of dogged preparation or the unwavering grace displayed during a string of losses. Applause, then, never bore much relation to the reality of my life as an astronaut, which was not all about, or even mostly about, flying around in space.” PeopleKnowsYearsStillsRealityLossSpaceRecordsGraceRelationIncludingFlyingSettingSettingsPreparationDramaticStringsBoresApplauseAstronautWrong ThingsSprintUnwaveringShowy Author:Chris Hadfield
“In Britain, eponymous lifestyle branding as we know it started in the late 1960s, with two fascinating families - the Conrans and the Ashleys - who in increasingly brilliant settings and catalogues sold rather different visions of what the new ideal upper-middle-y life looked like.” KnowsTwoDifferentVisionMiddleLateIdealsBrilliantLifestyleSettingSettingsBritainFascinatingBranding1960sCatalogues Author:Peter York