“I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on TV. I've been on TV. I could be on TV all the time if I wanted to. But most people will never get on TV. It has to be a real breakthrough for them. And trouble is, people will do almost anything to get on it. You know, confess to crimes they haven't committed. You don't exist unless you're on TV. Yeah, it's a validation process.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsBelieveRealWantedI BelieveProcessTroubleCrimeHavensTvsRight NowMajorsEthicsUniversalYeahCommittedBreakthroughValidationAmerican SocietyWants And Needs Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer todayall the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where publishing is goingand write the best story that you can. It sounds a bit glib, but I think this is advice a lot of people are having trouble following right now. It is so hard to focus. But that is the single key to success.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardStoriesTodayBitsSoundFocusTroubleAdviceKeysDramaRight NowFollowingDistractionPublishingKey To Success Author:Jeff Abbott
“The trouble is that we do not know whether it has delivered better outcomes or not in services. After more than a decade, the time is right now to carry out a study like this and see if devolution is delivering where it counts.” IfsKnowsStudyTroubleRight NowDecadesOutcomesDeliveringDevolution Author:Brian Donohoe
“Right now I'm having so much trouble with D.L. Moody that I don't have time to find fault with the other fellow.” TroubleRight NowFellowsFaultsMoody Author:Dwight L. Moody
“I never expected the movement against globalization and corporate rule to mushroom as quickly as it has, either. And right now the strongest electoral arm of that movement is the Green Party. I try to stress to people cynical about voting that the Greens are the most effective electoral arm of the so-called Spirit of Seattle, and it's great fun to cause trouble in the streets, but that's not going to accomplish much without insurrection in the voting booth at the same time.” PeopleTryingSpiritFunCausesPartyTroubleStreetsMovementArmsRight NowStressGreenAccomplishExpectedCorporateVotingStrongestCynicalGlobalizationMushroomsSeattleInsurrectionGreen Party Author:Jello Biafra
“I think from a major-label perspective, if you were on the flip side of things and that's the world you were used to working in, your interpretation could be, "Oh, they're having trouble writing songs," when really it's like, "No, I'm not ready to write songs, I don't want to write a song right now, if I did write a song, it would be forced."” IfsThinkingWorldWantWritingWould BeUsedSongSidesTroubleReadyPerspectiveRight NowMajorsLabelsInterpretationFlipWriting SongsNot Ready Author:Beth Ditto
“I read that 36% of Latin kids drop out of high school, and we're the most bullied minority in schools right now. And my son had troubles in elementary school. So that made me really question being Latin in the United States.” MadeStatesKidsSchoolUnitedUnited StatesTroubleSonRight NowHigh SchoolMinoritiesMy SonLatinBulliedElementary School Author:John Leguizamo
“I was going through troubles with my marriage, and I was just trying to focus and center myself. I was already rich and famous. I've got to figure out where I want to go and just get this thing aimed. I wrote this song ["Right Now"] and I kept singing it every day .” WantTryingSongRichFocusTroubleFiguresRight NowSinging Author:Sammy Hagar
“Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.” GivingEyeBlackLinesTroubleFrontsRight NowStraight LinesBlack Eyes Book:The Goose Girl Source: The Goose Girl
“Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every word in the Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, but I still have trouble making them come when I want them to. Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get – a cold sick feeling deep down inside – when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don’t want it to, but you can’t stop it. And you know you will never be the same again.” KnowsWantStillsSometimesFeelingsLanguageFailingTroubleColdRight NowHappeningsSickInternationalEnglish LanguageDictionaryDeep DownTrouble Making Book:A Gathering Light Source: A Gathering Light
“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.” IfsKnowsMenWantFirstsHumansMeanPersonsHas BeensBeautifulRecordsTroubleRight NowOffersBehaviorExcitedConfusedScoreSomedayFrightenedArrangementsHuman BehaviorFirst PersonReciprocal Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“"The whole world is three drinks behind. If everyone in the world would take three drinks, we would have no trouble. If Stalin, Truman and everybody else in the world had three drinks right now, we’d all loosen up and we wouldn’t need the United Nations.” IfsWorldNeedsWholeThreeNationsUnitedBehindsTroubleDrinkRight NowWhole WorldUnited NationsTruman Author:Humphrey Bogart