“People have proven over and over that they will read if they are given something they like. The problem with reading is not reading, its that almost everything out there sucks. For so long, publishing has been run by a cartel of snobby pseudo-intellectual failed writers, and the resulting output has reflected not what the market wants, but what they think people are supposed to read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLongHas BeensProblemRunningReadingGivenIntellectualPublishingProvenOutputPseudoCartelsSnobbyPseudo Intellectuals Author:Tucker Max
“A problem with my novels is that they, from the start, have been infantile and incredibly childish. There are childishness, stupidity, lack of wisdom, fantasies. At the same time, that's where my creativity can be found. If I tried to control it and make it more mature, it wouldn't be good at all. It'd be uninteresting, without any vivacity.” IfsHas BeensProblemFoundCreativityFantasyNovelStupidityBe GoodMatureInfantileChildishnessVivacity Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“There are problems connected with infidelity and problems connected with being faithful at any cost, and I am for letting those concerned choose the problems they'd prefer. There need not be one rule for all. Infidelity is enlarging and fragmenting and very very dangerous, but it has been known to retrieve people as well as marriages, so it can't be only bad.” PeopleNeedsWellsHas BeensProblemKnownDangerousCostConcernedConnectedFaithfulInfidelityBeing Faithful Author:Merle Shain
“Tranquillizers do not change our environment, nor do they change our personalities. They merely reduce our responsiveness to stimuli. They dull the keen edge of the angers, fears, or anxiety with which we might otherwise react to the problems of living. Once the response has been dulled, the irritating surface noise of living muted or eliminated, the spark and brilliance are also gone.” Has BeensProblemMightGoneEnvironmentPersonalityAnxietyResponseEdgesSurfaceNoiseDullSparksOur EnvironmentStimulusBrillianceIrritatingResponsivenessLiving Once Author:Indra Devi
“Reversing structural problems in our economy that have been building up for two decades, that was gonna take time. It was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.” YearsHas BeensTwoProblemPresidentTermEconomyBuildingDecadesTwo YearsTake TimeBuilding Up Author:Barack Obama