“Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, Ive kinda gotten over, I guess Im saying, the fact that I had trouble getting a date for the prom.” YearsMeanStillsImportantFactsCertainTroubleBecomingElementsYears AgoProm Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson
“Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.” WantYearsChildrenHomeSchoolActorsWifeCarBecomingMetsYears AgoLonelyTownsPortWalesHopkinsBereftHome Town Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.” ThinkingYearsKindMeanBigsChoicesDifficultCareersTakenBecomingYears AgoRecklessMusic BusinessBecoming MorePiracyCareers Choices Author:Cliff Martinez
“You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh - $2000 dollars - it's very, very cheap. So India seems to be going the route that China went a few years ago and that developing countries all over the world seem to want to follow, namely, to rely on these personal vehicles, which is just an irrational way of organizing transport.” KnowsWorldWayWantYearsMayCountrySeemsCarBecomingYears AgoIndiaDollarsChinaRageDevelopingRelyVehicleIrrationalRoutesTransportDeveloping CountriesTata Author:Thomas Pogge
“Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.” PeopleWantInspirationalYearsFirstsImportantAsksChangeAcceptingChangedBecomingStandardsYears AgoRaisesEightAsk MeTolerateSincerelyMaking ChangesChanged My LifeRaise Your Standards Book:Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Source: Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial
“Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an interminably long time if we took more than two hours to play a round. Today it not infrequently takes over three hours.” IfsYearsLongTwoPlayTodayThreeCoursesHoursTakenBecomingLong TimeYears AgoTwentiesGolfRoundsGolf Course Author:Alister MacKenzie