“Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done (both utterly useless and weakening) or in a future which we either long for or dread. . . . There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute, here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Which is exactly what it is-a miracle and unrepeatable.” KnowsWayPersonsLongDonePastJoyLostHoursAcceptingAliveMinutesRegretThousandMiracleShameNineTricksUselessFiftyDreadHere And NowLive In The PresentWay To LiveOne MinuteWeakeningLiving In The PastReally Living Author:Storm Jameson
“And above all, I will argue the necessity for preserving, against all shame, a demanding question of revolution itself, a question about utopia that keeps pushing its way through a field of failed aspirations, like a student at the back of the room who gets suddenly, violently, tired of being invisible.” WayRoomsFieldsStudentsRevolutionShameTiredArguingInvisibleAspirationPushingUtopia Author:Lauren Berlant
“I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.” ThinkingWayWould BeShameGenrePublishers Author:Emma Donoghue
“I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.” WayShameGolf Author:Len Goodman
“Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsMeanSuccessfulHonestTelevisionShameFactorsBeing Honest Author:Paloma Faith