Dan Buettner Quotes

I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.

Dan Buettner

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LiveCultureTogetherWelcomePeople

Not everything is going to be handed to you just because you're talented with a big smile. Sometimes you just gotta get out and shoot jumpers for hours and hours and hours. That's something I didn't really get a grasp on until way later, waking up early and treating it like a job if you're serious about it. Get the freak up and, you know, work.

Anderson Paak

WorkSmileJobYouEarlySometimes

I have two parents who are brilliant storytellers. The art of developing a story and nurturing a story was present in my household from the day I was born.

Robert Kurson

ArtDayParentsStoryPresentBorn

Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most of the interesting characters, I think, are somewhat tortured or torturous. I'm 20 now, so I'm only just an adult.

Anna Paquin

MindThinkInterestingBodyNow

Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.

John Ridley

LiveCulturePeopleBadComplaining

We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.

Amber Valletta

SurroundingsSeeProductsOur

We need to learn the names of God because when we know His character and His capacity, we will find rest and discover peace and power in His covenantal care of us.

Tony Evans

GodCharacterPowerPeaceRestCare

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

Rodney Crowell

ChoicesYouChangesMelodySounds

By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part.

Rusty Schweickart

LifeResponsibilityPeopleAmazing

A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.

Moby

MusicGreatSongThinkViewWill

I enjoy certain things, but I don't go out; I don't party. I just like watching movies, making fun music, and having a good time hanging out with the people who helped me get here - I'm a really simple guy.

Logic

GoodMusicTimeSimpleFunPeople

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

Jason Gann

FunnyArmyFriendsNew FriendsYear

They don't know they're living in a glass house.

Douglas Wilson

HouseKnowGlassLiving

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