#stan

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#accustomed #actually #asleep #cannon #circumstances

I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are.' ↗

— Carson Kressley

#awkward #be yourself #confident #constantly #gay

You can draw Family Guy when you're 10 years old. You don't have to get any better than that to become a professional cartoonist. The standards are extremely low. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#become #better #cartoonist #draw #extremely

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#just #just one #life #little #look

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#because #come #out #problem #really

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#any #away #come #contact #controlling

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#desire #essential #freedom #freedom from #problem

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#attention #being #completely #give #heart

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#belief #constant #fear #indication

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#career #comedian #comedians #country #everything