“This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke.” AgeThreeWonderFiveMinutesMissingPicksPhonesBrokeCentsSixtyHello Book:The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Source: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
“I recently learned that in an average lifetime a person walks about sixty-five thousand miles. That's two and a half times around the world. I wonder where your steps will take you. I wonder how you'll use the rest of the miles you're given.” WorldPersonsTwoUseGivenWalksHalfWonderStepsFiveThousandLifetimeAverageMilesAround The WorldSixtyThousand MilesHalf Time Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor
“I think music will always be a big part of my life. I can't go five minutes without singing, sometimes unconsciously. And people stare at me, and I'm wondering why they're staring, and then I'm realizing that I'm belting out a tune.” PeopleThinkingI CanSometimesBigsRealizingWonderFiveMinutesSingingStaringTunesFive Minutes Author:Justin Timberlake
“On a certain scale, it does look like I do a lot. But that’s my day, all day long, sitting there wondering when I’m going to be able to get started. And the routine of doing this six days a week puts a little drop in a bucket each day, and that’s the key. Because if you put a drop in a bucket every day, after three hundred and sixty-five days, the bucket’s going to have some water in it.” IfsLooksLittlesLongDoeAbleCertainThreeWaterWonderFiveWeekKeysSixHundredSittingScalesEach DayRoutineSixtyBuckets Author:John McPhee
“In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years. I got to TV when I was thirty. I hated being a music writer, and kept wondering why I couldn't be doing the exciting things that my friends were doing in television.” YearsWonderFiveTelevisionTvsPeriodsMy FriendsExcitingStuckHatedThirtyFive YearsResearchersExciting Things Author:Mary Harron
“I can't help but react to the painful realities of the two-tiered society we live in, where the signs of poverty and inequity are everywhere. Almost twenty five percent of our children live at or below the poverty line. We expect the no-option life cycle of the poor to be interrupted by the weak social safety net and then wonder why building more jails doesn't solve the problems.” ChildrenI CanTwoHelpingProblemRealitySocialLinesPoorWonderPovertyFiveBuildingPercentWeakTwentiesOur ChildrenSafetyPainfulSolveCyclesJailTwenty FiveInterruptedSafety Net Author:Peter Yarrow