Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company. Tim O'Brien companyemboldenemotion share on social
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come. Bruce Feiler abilityactback share on social
If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be. Chris Messina charactercityhead share on social
It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind. Chris Messina flatterinvolvemind Change image and share on social
Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs and their top business entrepreneur allies. Bill Drayton allybuildbusiness share on social
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche deeplyinventlaugh Change image and share on social
What I'm interested in is human beings alone. Paolo Sorrentino beinghumaninterest Change image and share on social
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. Thomas Browne advantagelosesociety Change image and share on social
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. Natalie Imbruglia comfortdepressfind Change image and share on social
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the street dance of African American urban culture, joining them to the politics of dance, of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on that sphere alone. Michael Eric Dyson africanamericanarguably share on social