“Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.” PeopleThinkingBookStoriesBigsOur LivesHugeGrewDramaGrew UpFilledSupposed To BeDramaticMovieUps & DownsArcsBooks And Movies Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Fashion is not trivial. It's a huge industry and a big part of our lives. Fashion is about us - how we look and present ourselves, how we can change ourselves, and our perceptions. You can dress up to be quite glorious creatures - it's all a very important part of life.” LooksImportantBigsOur LivesFashionHugeIndustryCreaturesPerceptionDressesGloriousParts Of Life Author:Charlotte Rampling
“Mothers have the huge influence, and I feel like they're always teaching us from the day we're born what to be afraid of, what to be cautious of, what we should like and what we should look like. Then we spend half of our life trying to be not like them, and then we reach another part of our lives where we see these things we can't get rid of.” FeelsShouldTryingLooksMotherBornHalfOur LivesInfluenceTeachingHugeCautiousBe Cautious Author:Amy Tan
“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.” WayHumansKindHas BeensTwoEndsStatesAgeHuman BeingsPoorUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesRichOur LivesFateHugeDevelopmentAmountDirectorsCreatingAspectEdgesGoldenDawnEmpiresPushingAllowingSoleTwo WaysRich And PoorLikelihoodGolden AgeChasmsOver The EdgeAmerican Empire Author:Morris Berman
“The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. Think about the things that have improved our lives the most over the past century - medical advances, the transportation revolution, huge increases in consumer goods, dramatic improvements in housing, the computer. The people who created these things - the doers - are not popular heroes. Our heroes are the talkers who complain about the doers.” PeopleThinkingMenCountryBigsPastOur LivesCenturyHugeRevolutionHeroRepublicanComputerMen And WomenIncreaseDemocratMedicalComplainingImprovementConsumersDramaticGoodsDividesHousingTransportationOver The PastDoersTalkersMedical Advances Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays
“Also, this is our lives for a huge part of the year and we did not want to be in prison, 24/7. It was too oppressive. So, we were like, "How can we get out? Let's see their lives, a little bit." That was really fun.” WantYearsLittlesFunBitsOur LivesHugeLittle BitPrison Author:Jenji Kohan
“Oh sure, I have lots of fears. My job is to conquer my fears. The irony of being a performer is that I have huge insecurities. Each of us is responsible for what happens in our lives. When good things happen, we take ownership, but when bad things happen we often don't take responsibility. There are no mistakes or accidents. Consciousness is everything and all things begin with a thought. We are responsible for our own fate. We reap what we sow, we get what we give and we pull in what we put out.” GivingHappensJobsMistakeConsciousnessResponsibilityOur LivesFateHugeAll ThingsResponsibleGood ThingsAccidentsThings HappenConquerIronyInsecurityBad ThingsPerformersOwnershipTaking ResponsibilityReapBad Things HappenWhen Bad Things Happen Author:Madonna Ciccone
“By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself.” EnergyOur LivesHugeCostPercentSavingSavings Author:Mark Ruffalo
“Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but not the innovators who perhaps have not seen such high-flying levels of success. Can anyone name the inventors of GPS, which has such a huge impact on our lives today?” PeopleTodayJobsNamesLevelsSuccessfulOur LivesHugeImpactBillsAthleteFlyingGatesInventorVisionariesLive For TodayInnovatorsGps Author:Naveen Jain
“Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.” Our LivesHugeComputerOur Relationship Author:Mackenzie Davis
“All roads seem to have come back to Doctor Who in our life. But, no, it was a huge part of my growing up. I was a massive fan and it certainly inspired me to get into acting and to be ... one of those people that tells stories on TV. That was a huge part of my childhood.” PeopleStoriesSeemsActingGrowing UpOur LivesGrowingFansChildhoodTvsHugeDoctorsInspiredMassiveDoctor Who Author:David Tennant
“I think the music industry, for instance, is such a huge, multibazillion-dollar industry and it's become very, very savvy. There's a very short grace period in which actual human rebellion or resistance can thrive before it's co-opted by these huge companies. And all of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it's part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general.” ThinkingHumansCultureCompanyGraceOur LivesYouthHugeIndustryPeriodsDollarsRateResistanceInstanceCorporateThese DaysThriveRebellionMusic IndustryFuriousSavvyParcelEncroachmentYouth Culture Author:Ani DiFranco