“The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.” ReadingLinesGreaterMinesPersonalitySkillsPagesAngrySticksComedianRelatableStand Up Comedian Author:Kunal Nayyar
“I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking.” HardWantedFilmYoungPurposeWalksClearWalkingDirectorsSkillsTheaterVictimSticksTortureHard TimesKillersBrutalYoung WomenSpineCreeksCredentialsTrackingMutilation Author:Roger Ebert
“It's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning; it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system.” AbleWinningDisciplineSkillsSticksCriticalMathematical Author:Blair Hull
“One of the biggest benefits of playing box for a young lacrosse player is in the development of lacrosse IQ. Because everyone plays with a short stick [in box lacrosse], you have to focus on being a complete lacrosse player versus specializing as an attackman or d-man. That is how your IQ grows and skills improve.” MenPlayYoungGrowsFocusPlayerDevelopmentSkillsBenefitsSticksBoxesVersusLacrosseLacrosse Players Author:Peter Lawrence
“Glen Hirshberg's stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content -- the stories themselves haunt, they stick around, they linger, inhabiting a little corner of the reader's brain and resurfacing to evoke mystery or sadness or longing. It's a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg's storytelling skills in American Morons.” LittlesStoriesPleasureBrainMysterySadnessReaderSkillsLongingSticksCornersStorytellingHauntingEvokeMoron Author:Aimee Bender
“If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.” PeopleIfsProblemMovingWinningCausesLeadershipPrinciplesCreativitySkillsSticksNotionConservativeSolveEnormousRejectsConsensusNeedlesLeadership SkillsGridlock Author:Jeb Bush
“I don't know if this is an illusion but I would love to be able to take my card-throwing skills and be able to puncture a watermelon. Now I know I can take this question and say, "I would want to solve the economic problems in the world" - but I want to stick that card in that watermelon.” IfsKnowsWorldWantI CanProblemAbleEconomicSkillsIllusionSticksSolveCardsThrowingEconomic ProblemsPuncture Author:Dave Franco
“I started studying herbalism and edible plants that existed in the wild. And then I realized, "Okay, cool. I know how to make a fire with sticks and I know how to build a shelter, but I live 90 percent of my life in an urban environment, so these skills aren't really going to help me because there aren't trees that grow in Los Angeles that I can just take a branch and make fire out of, because that wood isn't conducive for that. So I started learning urban survival skills.” KnowsI CanHelpingGrowsKnow HowStudyEnvironmentFireTreeSkillsSurvivalPercentOkayPlantSticksWoodsI RealizedBranchesHelp MeLos AngelesShelterUrbanSurvival SkillsUrban Environment Author:Shailene Woodley
“I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.” IdeasFightingCollegeSkillsSticksGoing To WorkFilipinoThaiNew SkillsKaliMuay Thai Author:Jeremy Renner
“If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't matter how great you were, it'll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.” PeopleIfsWantMatterMiddleSkillsTownsSticksSizeDrunkClimbingIgnoredStatuesBronzeLife Size Book:Banksy: wall and piece Source: Banksy: wall and piece