For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. Michael Jordan accomplishbasketballcompetitive share on social
For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. Mo Yan armyboyconstant Change image and share on social
For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing. Juan Goytisolo acquirebegincompendium Change image and share on social
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn countrygovernmentgreat Change image and share on social
For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little tired. I haven't lost any weight. Grete Waitz blandchemotherapycouple Change image and share on social
For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend. John Burnham Schwartz 1970scoupledustin Change image and share on social
For a couple of years, I focused more on producing because I wanted to be close to home, after traveling a lot for work. Mark Consuelos closecouplefocus Change image and share on social
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. George Orwell creativeemotionalimportant Change image and share on social
For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them. James Surowiecki crowddiverseindependent share on social
For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it. Michael Sheen bizarreblowculture share on social