“... there hasn't been a serious life-style trend since the couch potato was sighted, in about 1986, on one of its rare forays to the video store. Cocooning remains a significant mass enterprise, encouraged by the availability of five hundred new cable channels and microwavable popcorn.” FiveStyleSeriousMassHundredRemainsStoresSignificantVideoEnterpriseTrendsPotatoesCablesCouchesPopcornAvailabilityLife StyleSerious Life Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say I'm a blues man, that's a very serious vocation - to muster the courage to find your own unique voice, to forge your distinctive style in the world, to leave your imprint in the sands of time in such a way that your singularity, your individuality, remains something that people have to come to terms with.” PeopleMenWorldWayVoiceTermStyleSeriousMusic IsUniqueRemainsIndividualityWho I AmSandVocationDistinctiveSingularityMusterUnique VoicesSands Of Time Author:Cornel West
“I think when tragic things happen it is on surface. It is like the ocean. One the surface a waves and sometimes the wave is very serious and strong. But it comes and goes, comes and goes, and underneath, the ocean always remains calm. Tibetans have a saying: "If bad news comes to you listen here" (points to the right ear) "and let it our here" (points to the left ear).” IfsThinkingSometimesHappensLeftStrongSeriousOceanNewsEarsRemainsCalmWaveSurfaceThings HappenTragicComes And GoesBad NewsTibetan Author:Dalai Lama