“The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.” TryingFirstsSoundLike YouBandFirst TimeBoxesSpendingIntenseChecksWowInitialsNarcotics Author:Ian MacKaye
“We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.” PeopleIfsNeedsMatterShowsPayBrainWorryLike YouOkayChecksPopularity Author:Mika Brzezinski
“LinkedIn's got a little progress bar. It wants you to do things like sign up 10 of your friends. It does that near the end. At the beginning it's like, 'You put in your name. 20 percent progress! How about some other information?' People want to fill in that progress bar. They like to complete a task. They like to check a box.” PeopleWantLittlesDoeEndsNamesProgressInformationLike YouPercentTasksBoxesBarsChecksLinkedin Author:Jesse Schell
“Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.” PeopleFeelsLike YouChecksAbout YourselfFeel Better Author:Candice Swanepoel
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling
“It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like you have to check your privileges, the whites have the responsibility to put themselves at attention with the form they operate in with people of color and try to always lay out that pattern to connect with people and say, "I am conscious of my privileges and I am accounting for myself."” PeopleWantTryingFormWhiteAttentionResponsibilityColorLike YouConsciousLaysPrivilegePatternsChecksAccounting Author:Bocafloja
“At the school where I went you were able to check out instruments like you check out a library book, if your parents signed for you and vouched for you. Then after you had it for a little while you could decide if you were interested in taking lessons or you could also get your own gear. Or you could turn that instrument in for another one and try something else. So that's how I got my hands on the guitar.” IfsTryingLittlesBookHandsAbleSchoolTurnsParentLike YouLessonsInstrumentsGuitarLibraryChecksGearsLibrary Books Author:Joe Louis Walker
“When you're trying to create something and you need to hang out, in not knowing, in all the cracks and spaces where you feel lost, and you need to endure them, and have new ideas come out of that emptiness, well, the Internet is what we do when we feel lost, you know? Like, you go online or you check your email when you don't know what to do next, and so it's not helpful, in that sense.” KnowsNeedsFeelsTryingWellsIdeasNextLostSpaceKnowingLike YouInternetEndureChecksEmptinessOnlineHelpfulHanging OutCracksNot KnowingNew IdeasEmailLost You Author:Miranda July