“We're in a strange state in our world where we sort of have that belief - and I have it too - that if it's written down there's got to be some truth in it. We haven't quite got to the spot where you go: "Well, it doesn't necessarily mean it's true." It could actually be completely made up and made to look very nice. So, we have to get to the point where scandal and those kinds of things are less and less important because otherwise we won't have anyone willing to run as politicians.” IfsWorldWellsLooksKindMeanMadeImportantStatesRunningBeliefNiceWrittenHavensStrangeWillingPoliticianSpotsOur WorldScandalVery Nice Author:George Clooney
“When we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering.” FeelsHappensPainSufferingTurnsAcceptingStruggleStrangeWillingExperienceThings HappenStrange Things Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“We're [writers] all afraid of writing badly, and there are psychological reasons, like the bad interior of ourselves is somehow being revealed, but we all fear that, and you can't write well if you're not willing to write badly. That's why you have to make writing a habit, so it feels normal and not strange.” IfsFeelsWritingWellsReasonStrangeWillingHabitNormalPsychologicalInteriors Author:Jennifer Egan
“Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to be willing to do something very strange.” KnowsActingSituationStrangeWillingStrange ThingsBad Situations Author:Alexandra Daddario
“I don't think I've ever had a strange fan interaction. Just any time anyone is willing to come up and say hi or something like that, it's very flattering.” ThinkingFansStrangeWillingCome UpInteractionFlattering Author:Steven R. McQueen
“During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a party that was willing to get rid of black and coloured people from this country. What struck me as strange is that they weren't bothered about the thousands of white Europeans arriving from Central and Eastern Europe.” PeopleMenCountryYoungBlackWhiteViewsPartyNumbersStrangeWillingEuropeVoteCampaignsYoung ManRacistEasternBotheredArrivingSmall NumbersEastern Europe Author:Andrea Leadsom
“If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.” PeopleIfsStrangeWillingModeration Author:Plato
“As much as we - in a revisionist way - tell ourselves that we've always been a righteous country with a couple of swerves off the path, we need to look back and see that we've always also been a racist country and have had a tendency towards banal aggressiveness. The thing that's alarming is not so much that a few people in America at the top are initiating these crazy policies, but that the middle is willing to go there too. There's a strange movement of the middle to this position of banal aggressiveness.” PeopleWayNeedsLooksCountryAmericaPathCrazyMiddlePolicyMovementPositionStrangeWillingCoupleTendenciesRacistRighteousAggressivenessSwerve Author:George Saunders