“My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that.” YearsDoeThreeLinesSpaceFitEasierComputerYears AgoThree YearsTypewritersMy Boyfriend Author:David Sedaris
“Think about the strangeness of today's situation. Thirty, forty years ago, we were still debating about what the future will be: communist, fascist, capitalist, whatever. Today, nobody even debates these issues. We all silently accept global capitalism is here to stay. On the other hand, we are obsessed with cosmic catastrophes: the whole life on earth disintegrating, because of some virus, because of an asteroid hitting the earth, and so on. So the paradox is, that it's much easier to imagine the end of all life on earth than a much more modest radical change in capitalism.” ThinkingYearsStillsEndsWholeHandsTodayEarthSituationAcceptingIssuesImagineEasierCapitalismYears AgoWhole LifeDebateRadicalObsessedThirtyFortyParadoxCommunistCosmicCapitalistHittingModestCatastropheVirusesFascistsStrangenessAsteroidsRadical Change Author:Slavoj Žižek
“20 years ago, when Bob Bly starting teaching copywriting, the field was deeply shrouded in mystery. Now, thanks to Bob, learning copywriting, though still a tricky proposition, is much easier.” YearsStillsMysteryTeachingFieldsEasierYears AgoStartingThanksBobPropositionsTrickyCopywriting Author:Ken McCarthy
“When I started swimming again two years ago, it felt like I was starting from scratch. My mind-set was [to tell myself that] every time I swam, it was going to get easier-and it did. When you're working toward a fitness goal, you just need to start. It's not going to be pretty, your body is going to scream at you, but each time you'll get better.” NeedsYearsMindTwoBodyFeltGoalEasierYears AgoStartingYour BodyGet BetterTwo YearsSwimmingScreamScratchesMind SetTwo Years AgoFitness Goal Author:Janet Evans
“Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and change, there are fresh topics, new perspectives, or at least there should be.” ShouldWritingYearsDoeMightSongGrowsPerspectiveEasierYears AgoHarderTwentiesHopefullyTopicsWriting SongsNew Perspective Author:Dean Wareham
“I'm not the type to generalise about an entire generation. I think the most general thing I can say, is that things are way more dispersed, and way more de-centralised than they were twenty years ago. I don't really feel like people talk about my generation the way people would talk about Generation X in their early 90's when Nirvana blew up. I feel like there was an easier, more coherent narrative to find, than you can now.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsYearsI CanGenerationsTypeEasierYears AgoTwentiesNarrativeMy GenerationGeneration X Author:Chris Baio
“Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see something they haven't seen before. Now, with social media, with too much information, with the speed of information - all that is making it harder and harder to realize the objective.” WantYearsSocialRealizingToo MuchMediaHavensInformationEasierExpectationsYears AgoWeightHarderSocial MediaSpeedObjectivesNew ThingsToo Much Information Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I went to yoga for six months straight, but that was about five years ago! I've been trying to get back. I probably could've seen the President five times, it'd be easier than it has been to get back to yoga!” TryingYearsHas BeensPresidentFiveMonthsEasierSixYogaYears AgoFive YearsGet BackSix Months Author:Mike Ness
“Is it different to come out now than it was to come out thirty-five years ago? Sometimes. But if you come out now and you come from poverty and you come from racism, you come from the terror of communities that are immigrant communities or communities where you're already a moving target because of who you are, this is not a place where it's any easier to be LGBT even if there's a community center in every single borough.” IfsYearsDifferentSometimesMovingCommunityPovertyFiveEasierRacismYears AgoWho You AreTerrorThirtyFive YearsImmigrantsTargetLgbtCommunity Centers Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.” YearsSometimesEasierComputerYears AgoHacks Author:Kevin Mitnick
“Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded, like mushrooms. It was actually easier to believe they were men from Marlborough's army, than to think they'd been alive a year ago. It was as if all the other wars had distilled themselves into this war, and that made it something you almost can't challenge. It's like a very deep voice, saying; 'Run along, little man, be glad you've survived” IfsThinkingMenYearsBelieveLittlesMadeWarSometimesRunningSidesVoiceChallengesAliveEasierYears AgoArmyAncientGladMade ItSurvivedSkullsVery DeepEmbeddedMushroomsTrenchesLittle Man Author:Pat Barker
“Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.” KnowsTryingYearsSaidAbleMovingPoliticalGoalClassMiddleEasierTenCapableYears AgoStrongerTablesMoving ForwardReformMiddle ClassPolitical Reform Author:Abdallah II