“I don't want to be a basket case on set. I try to sort of quiet all of that, all those thoughts, kinda just let yourself be aware of them when you're preparing to do the work but then once you get there you have to feel as free as possible. Anything that I perceived as something that ran the risk of stressing me out, I just left outside the studio doors because I didn't want to undermine myself.” WantFeelsTryingLeftCasesRiskDoorsQuietStressStudiosRanPreparingBasketsLeft Out Author:Katherine Waterston
“If I waited long enough and said, "Okay, so what you're saying is you liked your life a lot better when you were 30?" everybody would get real quiet and then admit that that wasn't the case, that they really felt like they were sort of growing into themselves in a way.” IfsWayLongSaidRealEnoughFeltCasesGrowingQuietOkayGet Real Author:Anna Quindlen
“I asked my grandmother how a Hungarian Jewish person can experience being Jewish. My grandmother answered was the only choice was to "keep quiet." I can understand her because she was a Holocaust survivor, and for her survival, she had to keep quiet. But I didn't obey my grandmother when I was a child, and in this case, I don't obey her either.” ChildrenPersonsI CanChoicesCasesQuietSurvivalGrandmotherSurvivorHolocaustMy GrandmotherHungariansHolocaust Survivor Author:Csanad Szegedi
“I think the right way to do this is just to step up and do it, so I actually think we'll see more of that over the next coming weeks, because I think they'll say, "We'd like to be good for business and quiet on politics, but this is too urgent, it is too much of a key crisis in who we are going to become as Americans. We can risk too much, and so we have to step forward." And I think you will see more and more people stepping forward, like Howard Schultz, Steve Case and other folks, in order to try to make a difference in this [Donald Trump] election.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingOrderNextDifferencesStepsCasesToo MuchRiskWeekKeysTrumpQuietElectionCrisisFolksBe GoodWho We AreMaking A DifferenceRight WayUrgentStep UpSteps Forward Author:Reid Hoffman
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” ThinkingWisdomPastTimeChangeHistoryCasesQuietDifficultyObstaclesOccasionsCivil WarDogmaInadequateStormyUnschoolingStormy Days Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.” LooksHas BeensRememberOpportunityProcessCasesPathImpossibleQuietAdaptationSteadfastInsistenceDeviateSteadfastnessSlowness Book:Race and Democratic Society Source: Race and Democratic Society
“She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think very highly of him--that I greatly esteem, that I like him." Marianne here burst with forth with indignation: "Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor. Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment." Elinor could not help laughing. "Excuse me," said she, "and be assured that I meant no offence to you, by speaking, in so quiet a way, of my own feelings.” ThinkingWaySaidRealStatesMomentsHelpingUseFeelingsMy OwnRoomsCasesLaughingColdQuietExcuseDenyEsteemAshamedAssuredHeartedIndignationOffenceExcuse MeI Like HimCold Hearted Book:Sense and Sensibility Source: Sense and Sensibility