“The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential in the sense that they're doing pulpy subject matter in a refined way. Like 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, I loved that book.” ThinkingWayKindBookMatterStuffBitsSidesSubjectsInfluentialSubject MatterRefined Author:Isaac Marion
“I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music.” PeopleI CanMatterHardStuffSubjectsConvincedBelieverCreepsUfoSubject Matter Author:Black Francis
“Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a whole bunch of different runs at the lead. They're all good writing but they don't connect. So I end up having to string leads together.” WritingDifferentEndsWholeStoriesRunningTogetherStuffSubjectsApproachSeriesBunchStringsGood Writing Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“People don't want to do new things if they think they're going to be bad at them or people are going to laugh at them. You have to be willing to subject yourself to failure, to be bad, to fall on your head and do it again, and try stuff that you've never done in order to be the best you can be.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingDoneOrderFallStuffLaughingSubjectsWillingBeing The BestNew Things Author:Laird Hamilton
“It's very rare that I ever go and research a particular subject. Mostly I do serendipitous research, I read stuff, things spinning out of the page.” StuffSubjectsParticularPagesResearchSpinning Author:Terry Pratchett
“Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the good stuff was far too overcrowded, so you had to pick about in the exotic and extinct. His recommendations were the Picts or the Minoans, because hardly anything was known about them and you could spend a happy lifetime of speculation.” ImportantChoicesStuffKnownHistorySubjectsHumourPicksLifetimeHistorianHappy LifeSpeculationExoticOnce Upon A TimeSpecialistsRecommendationsImportant Choices Author:A. A. Gill
“I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.” WantPersonsMadeI CanDifferentStuffChanceDecisionSubjectsInformationComfortProjectsOriginalsZoneDifferent ThingsComfort Zone Author:Brian Grazer
“When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.” FirstsYoungCertainStuffClassHappenedSubjectsTestsMathBe GoodTextbooks Author:Bill Gates
“If your dominant intent is to feel joy while you are doing the work, your triad of intentions - freedom, growth and joy - will come quickly and easily into alignment. See your "career" as one of creating a joyful life experience. You are not a creator of things or a regurgitator of what someone else has created or a gatherer of stuff. You are a creator, and the subject of your creation is your joyful life experience. That is your mission. That is your quest. That is why you are here.” IfsFeelsJoyStuffGrowthCareersCreativitySubjectsCreationCreatingIntentionCreatorMissionsLife ExperienceQuestsJoyfulDominantAlignmentJoyful LifeTriads Author:Esther Hicks
“I havent watched Mad TV a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.” WantSeemsStuffAttitudeBloodSubjectsTvsDependsDrawsMad Author:Joe Flaherty
“When you're at drama school you spend so much time working on amazing texts and analyzing them, digging into them, and figuring out why it happens, why you are being asked to say what you're saying, and what the words mean. But then when you start working, most of the stuff would just fall apart if you subject it to that kind of scrutiny.” IfsKindMeanHappensSchoolFallStuffSubjectsDramaFalling ApartDiggingScrutinyAnalyzing Author:Jared Harris
“The difference is in Hostel it's in the theatre - it's in public but it's in a private place. You have to actively make a choice to want to go see it. It's not being forced on anyone. Whereas 24 you can be flipping channels and it's right there in your living room. Anyone has access to that. But that just shows how mainstream it is and how people are seeing this stuff on YouTube. People are scared of it. This is a subject matter that everyone's talking about and everyone's thinking about, particularly in American culture.” PeopleThinkingWantMatterShowsChoicesCultureStuffDifferencesRoomsTalkingSeeingSubjectsScaredTheatreAccessMainstreamAmerican CultureYoutubeSubject MatterLiving Room Author:Eli Roth
“I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played guitar, and the kind of songs, and the subject matter, and singing about child abuse, and all this stuff. I had to come from somewhere, and I had to take chances to do that.” WayKindChildrenMatterSongStuffChanceConsciousnessSubjectsSingingAbuseGuitarHeavyAlternativesEvolveMetalsChild AbuseTake A ChanceSubject MatterHeavy Metal Author:Billy Corgan
“Historians who stuff in every item of research they have found, every shoelace and telephone call of a biographical subject, are not doing the hard work of selecting and shaping a readable story.” HardStoriesFoundStuffSubjectsHard WorkResearchHistorianTelephonesItemsShoelaces Author:Barbara Tuchman
“Education is a matter of the spirit. No wiser word has been said on the subject, and yet we persist in applying education from without. No one knoweth the things of the man except the spirit of man which is in him; therefore, there is no education but self-education, and as soon as a young child begins his education, he does so as a student. Our business is to give him mind stuff. Both quantity and quality are essential.” MenGivingMindChildrenDoeHas BeensSaidSelfMatterYoungSpiritStuffQualitySubjectsStudentsHe ManEssentialsQuantityPersistWiserSelf EducationYoung ChildrenQuantity And Quality Author:Charlotte Mason
“It's cool that we got rid of that, but we got rid of everything - the encouraging pat on the back or even a hug which I find can be acceptable in some situations. I know that it's a sensible subject and that we're trying to avoid nasty things, but [you can] have as many rules as you want, there will still be stuff happening anyway.” KnowsWantTryingStillsStuffSituationSubjectsHappeningsSensibleAcceptableHugNasty Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Hopefully the process is to spot things that would be grist for the funny mill. In some respects, the heavier subjects are the ones that are most loaded with opportunity because they have the most - you know, the difference between potential and kinetic energy? - they have the most potential energy, so to delve into that gives you the largest combustion, the most interest. I don't mean for the audience. I mean for us. Everyone here is working too hard to do stuff we don't care about.” KnowsGivingMeanHardWould BeCareOpportunityEnergyStuffProcessInterestDifferencesAudienceSubjectsDon't CareSpotsHopefullyLoadedMillsCombustionPotential EnergyKinetic EnergyWorking Too Hard Author:Jon Stewart
“It gets super dark. I did a bunch of intense indie movies when I was starting out in my career and I was always in a bad mood because, when you're dealing with the subject matter of losing your baby, getting raped and all that stuff, it's not fun to go through. You really have to go there.” MatterFunStuffDarkCareersSubjectsBabyLosingStartingMoodIntenseBunchSubject MatterStarting OutBad MoodIndie Movie Author:Busy Philipps