I've lost seven friends to smoking-related lung cancer. Each death was a long, agonizing experience. Tom Brokaw agonizecancerdeath Change image and share on social
My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages. David Korten costexperiencefast Change image and share on social
What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement. David Price activismcivildraw Change image and share on social
My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience. Jennifer Armentrout answerbrandiscelebrity Change image and share on social
No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience. J. Carter Brown crunchexperiencegarden share on social
When someone lives as a minority, they experience the world differently than those of us who live in the majority. We may occupy the same physical space, but we don't occupy the same psychic space. Jennifer Granholm differentlyexperiencelive Change image and share on social
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease. Robert Jarvik diseasedoctorexperience Change image and share on social
Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television. Caitlin Doughty adaptexperienceintimidate Change image and share on social
The idea of a 'happening' is that there is little distance between the viewer and it, whatever 'it' is. It's an experience that's on-going and evolving. Doug Aitken distanceevolveexperience Change image and share on social
Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it. Paul Westerberg depressexperiencefoot share on social