“You know what they're writing about Baby you know what they're writing about It's a thing called love down through the ages Makes you wanna cry sometimes Makes you feel like you wanna lay down and die sometimes Makes you high sometimes But when you really get in it lifts you right up.” KnowsFeelsWritingSometimesAgeDiesCryLike YouBabyDown AndLaysLifts Author:Van Morrison
“It does no good to run. And it does no good to hide. But I know what it's like. Your brain shuts down, and you follow your instincts. Or, at least, you.” KnowsDoeRunningBrainLike YouDown AndInstinct Author:Mike Carey
“As a citizen I felt appalled that we WENT TO WAR over faulty information - that felt false or at least "stretched" from the first time they started to push the idea that Iraq and 9/11 were connected, though they didn't seem to be and there was no logical reason for thinking they were. It's like your neighbors the Smiths burned your house down, and then the next day you retaliated by burning down the Jones' house.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasWarReasonSeemsNextHouseFeltInformationLike YouCitizensFirst TimeDown AndIraqConnectedNeighborBurningLogicalBurnedNext DayBurning Down Author:Christopher Durang
“I didn't really because I know myself well enough to know that if I actually sit down and think about sort of I can spook myself out like anyone, you know? It's sort of like you've got to sort of jump out of the airplane when you're skydiving. If you spend 20 minutes sitting on the lip you probably won't do it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsI CanEnoughMinutesLike YouSittingDown AndLipsAirplaneSkydiving Author:Justin Theroux
“When you're sitting down and you're blocked and you just start writing and something in your mind just clicks, you start seeing connections and so on, you really do feel like you're channeling something else.” FeelsWritingMindSeeingLike YouSittingConnectionsDown AndClicksSitting DownChannelingBlocked Author:John Hodgman
“I have the weirdest job. The hair and makeup people were talking the other day about how weird their job is. And costumes, they have to be in people's faces and have to reach in their skirts to pull their shirts down and stuff. I was like, "You guys, I meet someone, I shake their hand, and then I kiss them. And sober. During midday. For money."” PeopleHandsJobsFacesGuyStuffTalkingLike YouHairKissingDown AndShirtsShakesMakeupSoberCostumesSkirtsHair And Makeup Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on her plate. And she says, 'Oh! Rosemary's gone to Paris. No wonder the bathroom was so tidy.' And nobody minds. But in my day, to go abroad with all those wicked Frenchmen, what would become of them? So no-one ever went anywhere.” MindHomeMotherWonderGoneLike YouDown AndParisWickedPlatesTowersBathroomTidyFrenchmenEiffel TowerRosemaryEiffel Author:Quentin Crisp
“There are all these awards that you've never heard of, and you get nominated, and suddenly you're at these awards shows, so you really don't care if you win. You really don't. You're going there, you're getting dressed up. And then you get to the awards show, and you sit down. You walk the red carpet. Everybody loves you. It's great. You sit down, and all of a sudden your category comes up, and you get nervous. And it's a complicated emotion, because it's not like you absolutely want to win, but then you don't want to lose.” IfsWantShowsCareWinningLosesWalksEmotionHeardLove YouLike YouRedDown AndCome UpDon't CareComplicatedNervousAwardsCategoriesCarpetRed CarpetDressed UpGetting DressedAward ShowsGetting Dressed Up Author:Viola Davis
“Every time I sit down and write I got to put something conscious in there. It's like I got a job now. They say that for those that know you got to deal in equality. If you know and you don't speak on it and don't apply it, it's like you're the worst hypocrite. I feel I got a job to do, being that I study so much and I believe in Allah like I do, I feel like I got to spread the word.” IfsKnowsFeelsWritingBelieveJobsSpeakI BelieveDealsStudyWorstLike YouConsciousDown AndI Believe InSpreadHypocriteBelieve In Allah Author:Rakim