“Write a smart joke and people want to talk about it and keep the dialogue going. Also, if you can make someone laugh, it's a pronouncement that they like you on some level.” PeopleIfsWantWritingLevelsLaughingLike YouSmartJokesDialogueMake Someone Laugh Author:Lizz Winstead
“It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners people will like you.” PeopleIfsKindMatterLevelsLike YouDegreesMannersGood ManGood Manners Author:Kate Reardon
“I think that at the end of the day I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the New York Times crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsDoeRealEndsSometimesHardCertainLevelsNew YorkLike YouWindowStorytellingThe End Of The DayPuzzlesNew York TimesCrackedAmbiguousCrosswords Author:Damon Lindelof
“I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can't find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No!” IfsThinkingLooksReasonLevelsRolesLike YouModelsRole ModelsOverrated Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. Im not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.” PeopleThinkingWantYoungDifferencesLevelsNumbersLike YouOfficeBurdenNot SureExpensiveMaking A DifferencePublic OfficeLike Yourself Author:Birch Bayh
“Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn't.” MenDoeDifferentWholeCan DoLevelsLike YouChampionDifferent Levels Author:Mike Tyson
“Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your character comes from, how can you know what he's really like? You must know your characters on a much deeper level than you would if you just shrugged your way into a cookie cutter fantasy world.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWellsCharacterStoriesCultureLevelsFantasyLike YouAspectDeeperPlotCookiesFantasy WorldsCuttersReally Like YouCookie Cutters Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“What I do try to do is just stay away from other people's work, because they might influence you too much in a level that you don't want to be influenced in. And you don't want to look somebody else, you want to look like yourself.” PeopleWantTryingLooksMightLevelsToo MuchInfluenceLike YouLike Yourself Author:Marko Djurdjevic
“One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and you're with everybody; there's a homeless dude and some weird celebrity and a cop and someone who looks exactly like you. You're on foot and everyone is at street level and eye-to-eye. I think that's what's special about New York, because there's no hierarchy, there's no discrimination.” ThinkingFirstsLooksEyeLevelsFeetStreetsSpecialNew YorkLike YouDiscriminationObservationFascinatedCopHomelessHierarchy Author:Kevin Morby
“I'm a firm believer that before you can go anywhere, you have to conquer the level that you are at, just like young kids do it today with video games, they have to finish one level to go to the next one. Conquer one level at the time, and only then you'll get where you want to go to.” WantKidsTodayYoungNextGamesLevelsLike YouBelieverVideoConquerFirmThe Next One Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.” IfsFeelsPlayLanguageLevelsSecretLike YouMythAccess Author:Zephyr Teachout
“Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk]. Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm, it's destructive-type situations like you saw in New Orleans with Katrina. You're increasing the frequency of that stuff in low-lying areas fairly dramatically.” PeopleHumansMeanLyingStuffAbilityLevelsSituationSawsRiskSeaLike YouTypeOceanLowsAreasRiversStormRisingDestructiveFarmsNew OrleansFrequencyKatrinaBangladeshDeltaSanitationBacking Up Author:Bill Gates
“Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is kind of either bad community musicals, or if you are lucky enough to be cast in something serious. I feel like you really have to be going after it, and for me I am a little bit distracted.” IfsFeelsKindLittlesEnoughOpportunityFunBitsEnjoyCommunityLevelsActingSeriousLike YouLuckyLittle BitCastsDistracted Author:Thomston
“I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some state school, and go out into the workplace, and you know she's great, and men are getting paid $200 per week more than her? Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, I don't want to hear it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantStatesHomeSchoolJobsAsksLostWalksLevelsWifeWeekLike YouMomDaughterPaidMalesShoesMilesWhat IfWorkplaceGood JobHarvardYour MomOur DaughterCrippledYour Daughter Author:Pam Grier