“The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.” ThinkingWayWellsTwoSongProcessSituationGoneDepends Author:Michael McKean
“In a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and social, by which Algeria is being strangled, it is no exaggeration to recognize him as morally guilty, for the great part of his rìle here, still more than elsewhere, has consisted in corrupting, degrading, and disintegrating.” IfsWayStillsWholePoliticalSocialResponsibilitySituationEconomicJewGuiltyAttributesElsewhereExaggerationDegradingAlgeria Author:Chuck Hagel
“There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself.” WayGivingFeelsSituationBandGiving UpExpectedI RealizedJust Kids Author:Gerald Caiafa
“I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.” PeopleWayDifficultSituationTalentIntelligentGuitarMy WayDifficult Situations Author:Madeleine Peyroux
“The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.” WayMindArtSelfBodyArtistFightingWinningEmotionSituationHealthBuddhismArt IsMartial ArtsCombatMasterySelf MasteryAthleticsMind BodyMartial Artist Author:Frederick Lenz
“I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.” PeopleWayMayDoneHurtSituationRight Thing Author:Ratan Tata
“If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.” IfsKnowsWayMindBodySituationLetting GoPressureYour BodyBest WayTensionWhistling Author:Fuzzy Zoeller
“You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.” WayWantWritingSelfStatesOrderSituationPovertyConstant Author:Tom Waits
“No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened.” KnowsWayWritingMatterReasonLightSidesGrowthSituationHappenedStageDivineHigherDifficultyNo Matter WhatUpliftingServingDivine Light Author:Barbara Rose
“I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things.” WayMadeDoneUseBigsSeemsFictionSituationOrdinaryScience FictionGenreCandyOrdinary ThingsScience Love Author:Rian Johnson
“Unlike some of the time-travel movies I love, like 'Primer' or '12 Monkeys,' 'Looper' is not about time travel. It's about this situation that time travel creates and the people dealing with that situation. So narratively, the big challenge was to have time travel get out of the way.” PeopleWayBigsChallengesSituationTime TravelMonkeysBig Challenges Author:Rian Johnson
“Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know the rules of grammar and the rules about appropriate speech in various situations.” KnowsWayTurnsCommunitySituationConversationSpeechVariousAppropriateSpeakersGrammar Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk Source: Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
“The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.” KnowsWayShouldImportantStoriesAbleProcessSituationTragicAdoptionAdoptedOpen Adoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“Brands are useful ways of short-handing practically anything - look at the way Tom Wolfe first used brand name lists to sharpen up a character and a situation. Look at the most brand-referenced novel, Bret Easton Ellis's 'Glamorama.” WayFirstsLooksCharacterUsedNamesSituationNovelListsBrandsTomsBrand Names Author:Peter York
“We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation.” WayTwoEnoughHelpingThreeSituationDangerousConversationSolutionsDiscussionFlawsGood EnoughThree ThingsNot Good Enough Author:Edward Felten
“Find the Silver Lining: When things don't work out the way you wish, always look for some positive outcome to the situation working out the way it did. For example, you can always be grateful that things didn't turn out even worse.” WayLooksTurnsWishSituationExampleGratitudeGratefulWork OutOutcomesSilverBe GratefulPositive Outcome Author:Zelig Pliskin