“Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of dogged preparation or the unwavering grace displayed during a string of losses. Applause, then, never bore much relation to the reality of my life as an astronaut, which was not all about, or even mostly about, flying around in space.” PeopleKnowsYearsStillsRealityLossSpaceRecordsGraceRelationIncludingFlyingSettingSettingsPreparationDramaticStringsBoresApplauseAstronautWrong ThingsSprintUnwaveringShowy Author:Chris Hadfield
“I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.” WayFeelsRecordsExtremesSettingSettingsSubtleConcertsDynamics Author:Sondre Lerche
“Luckily, I'm setting records without even thinking about it, without having the pressure of having to do as well as the person who came before me. It's more like, "Yeah, I'm doing my thing and what happens, happens," and fortunately those have been some pretty amazing results.” ThinkingWellsPersonsHas BeensHappensResultsRecordsPressureYeahSettingSettings Author:Mariel Zagunis
“It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.” LongHappensCareersRecordsExpectationsAlbumsSettingSettingsLong Careers Author:Scott Weiland
“A photograph records both the thing in front of the camera and the conditions of its making... A photograph is also a document of the state of mind of the photographer. And if you were to extend the idea of the set-up photograph beyond just physically setting up the picture, I would argue that the photographer wills the picture into being.” IfsMindIdeasStatesRecordsConditionsFrontsCamerasPhotographerPhotographArguingSettingSettingsState Of MindDocuments Author:James Welling