“A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious: the agenda, which was dedicated to grave discomfort, had been drawn up by a passionate sadist.” PainSecretOne ThingCrossesPassionateObviousGravesAgendasRitualCampsDedicatedBootsGroundedDiscomfortLegionInitiationOrdealsSecret SocietyBoot Camp Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback
“I think one thing I've learned, as dorky and obvious as this sounds: People who like cool books are usually really cool people.” PeopleThinkingBookSoundOne ThingObviousI've LearnedReally CoolThings I've LearnedCool PeopleDorky Author:Kevin Sampsell
“The one thing prostitution is not is a 'victimless crime.' It attracts a wide species of preying criminals and generates a long line of victims, beginning with the most obvious and least understood - the prostitute herself.” LongLinesOne ThingCrimeUnderstoodVictimSpeciesObviousWideCriminalsProstitutionLong Lines Book:Hustling: Prostitution in Our Wide Open Society Source: Hustling: Prostitution in Our Wide Open Society
“In spite of their obvious differences, folk art and popular art have much in common; they are easy to understand, they are romantic, patriotic, conventionally moral, and they are held in deep affection by those who are suspicious of the great arts. Popular artists can be serious, like Frederick Remington, or trivial, like Charles Dana Gibson; they can be men of genius like Chaplin or men of talent like Harold Lloyd; they can be as uni versal as Dickens or as parochial as E.P. Roe; one thing common to all of them is the power to communicate directly with everyone.” MenArtArtistCultureEasyDifferencesCommonMoralOne ThingTalentSeriousGeniusFolksAffectionObviousCommunicateSpitePatrioticGreat ArtBe A ManSuspiciousPopular CultureDickensChaplinFolk ArtRemingtonDeep Affection Author:Gilbert Seldes
“Of one thing the executive may be sure: that the majority want more of the good things of life, and if they can get them without undue personal effort, so much the better. So the executive naturally tends to promise material gain, contingent of course on his remaining in power. The impetus to personal rule is obvious.” IfsWantMayCoursesEffortOne ThingMaterialsPromiseGainsMajorityGood ThingsObviousExecutivesPresidencyImpetus Author:Felix Morley
“I like girls that are down to earth, intelligent, and don't try to be anything that they're not. One thing that I fall for all the time is girls with blue eyes and brown hair. There's something about that combination that I find really sexy. It's all in the eyes...and the personality, but that's obvious.” TryingEyeEarthFallGirlOne ThingHairPersonalityIntelligentBlueObviousSexyCombinationBrownBlue EyesDown To EarthBrown Hair Author:Devon Bostick
“I ride a bicycle everywhere I go, the physical strength is obvious, but my mental strength and my capacity to love myself and to love others has definitely expanded. And that's the one thing I need the most in taking on a life of touring and a life of basically being with hundreds of people every day and not exhaust one's energy.” PeopleNeedsEnergyOne ThingCapacityObviousTouringBicycleLove MyselfMental StrengthCapacity To LovePhysical Strength Author:Jason Mraz