“When I`m going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back to being a child and remembering all of that. When I go to do a project, I'm serious about it, so I wrap my world around it, and it becomes Christmastime for me and I'm singing songs like it's Christmas day.” WorldMindChildrenRememberSongSeriousProjectsSingingAlbumsWrapsChristmas DaySinging Songs Author:Mary J. Blige
“I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition.” CareThreeCausesCreativeStageSeriousAmbitionProjectsCharityPermanentPhilanthropyWebsiteFundraisingThree Friends Author:Edward Norton
“I've generally gotten negative feedback from men who don't understand and don't find street harassment to be a serious issue. I've also gotten a lot of responses from women who are appreciative and thankful for the project; who relate to it who are passionate about it.” MenIssuesStreetsSeriousProjectsNegativeResponsePassionateRelateFeedbackHarassmentAppreciativeSerious IssuesStreet HarassmentNegative Feedback Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“There were some particular themes that I knew I wanted to hit, and when I got deeper into the project I found that it was becoming serious in and on its own. By the end, it's not very funny at all. I think, now, that part of the power of the book is that the jokes are kind of sparkly distractions.” ThinkingKindBookEndsWantedFoundParticularSeriousBecomingProjectsJokesDeeperThemeDistraction Author:Moshe Kasher