“For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all.” IfsLooksReasonProblemWould BeAbleMovingCausesTreeMajorsRootsOvercomingTendenciesSymptomsRoot Cause Author:Wangari Maathai
“I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksDifferencesKnownWonderBoysMajorsExpectationsRidiculousCostumesNobody KnowsIconicJessicaWonder WomanFangirlJessica Jones Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.” LooksCertainExpressionMajorsLaughterComedianNeighborhoodAttributesBullyComedicManic Author:Sylvester Stallone
“Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.” ThinkingLooksChildrenHas BeensSometimesActorsStarsRolesMajorsMovieStaffMovie StarCould Have BeenMansionsTurned DownLimousinesVolvo Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“Why do cats sleep so much? Perhaps they've been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics - such as: if there are less than five million cats sleeping at any one time the world will stop spinning.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksHardFactsLawSleepAnimalMillionsEssentialsMajorsTasksCatPhysicsLazyOne TimeCosmicTrustedSpinningLaws Of Physics Author:Kate Atkinson
“It's the story of my life. You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead. Now, as you look through this document you'll see that I've underlined all the major decisions I ever made to make the stand out. They're all indexed and cross-referenced. See? All I can suggest is that if you take decisions that are exactly opposite to the sort of decisions that I've taken, then maybe you won't finish up at the end of your life" --she paused, and filled her lungs for a good should--"in a smelly old cave like this!” IfsShouldLooksMadeI CanEndsStoriesDecisionQualityTakenAdviceOffersMajorsCrossesOppositesFilledJudgedDocumentsStanding OutCavesLungsQuality Of LifeStory Of My LifeSmellyLife Decision Author:Douglas Adams