Quotes by Thinking Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about. Andrew Shue confidencefeetthinking The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level. Andrew Shue impactviewsthinking If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join. Andrew Shue leaderpeoplethinking You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors. Andrew Shue confidencecountrythinking I would describe myself as a "budding adventurer." I've transitioned away from being a straight-up backpacker, but I think I need another trip or two to get the adventurer degree. Andrew Skurka degreestwothinking My first trip was the Appalachian Trail, and I was able to finish it despite having no skills and no experience when I started. In comparison, I can think of only a few individuals in the world who have the potential do complete the Alaska-Yukon Expedition. Andrew Skurka alaskaskillsthinking Mobile communications have two functions: as a safety net, and as a marketing tool. I think it'd be foolish to not carry one for safety sake. Using one for marketing is an optional activity, and I've generally stayed away from extensively using one for this purpose because it's a distraction. Andrew Skurka communicationtwothinking I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it. Andrew Skurka basketballplayerthinking I think a lot of the time people assume that their values are universal. And they don't understand which aspects of their values are actually universal and which aspects are very specific. Andrew Solomon assumingpeoplethinking There is a false moral imperative that seems to be all-around us that treatment of depression, the medications and so on, are an artifice, and that it's not natural. And I think that's very misguided. It would be natural for people's teeth to fall out, but there is nobody militating against toothpaste, at least not in my circles. Andrew Solomon circlesfallthinking I think an awful lot of the diplomatic problems that exist in the world come from people assuming that their society is the one with a purchase on truth. Andrew Solomon peopleworldthinking I think what the Church should ideally do, and does appear to do in the context of straight relationships, is to support people in crossing from the easier pleasure of momentary carnal satisfaction, into the more difficult pleasure of love and family and relationship. Andrew Solomon supportpeoplethinking When I remember how unhappy I was in adolescence - about the fact that, though I wasn't really using the term to or for myself, I knew that I was gay - I think, "Oh, if someone then could have shown me just an hour in the life that I have now, I would have made it through all of that misery and despair just fine." The pain lay in thinking that I had a desolate future. Andrew Solomon gaypainthinking I'm a huge believer in science. But I don't think it explains everything. Andrew Solomon believerhugethinking There is also somehow the idea that this gay thing is all just about indulgence in carnal pleasure. When I was twenty and felt that nobody could know I was gay, I was having sex with strangers in public parks. I don't think it was evil exactly, but it wasn't so great either. There was nobody particularly benefiting from it, except, I suppose, to the extent that it gave some pleasure to me and perhaps whomever I was with. Andrew Solomon gaysexthinking The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether. Andrew Solomon strengtheninggoalthinking I do think that if the Church can see its way to greater tolerance, Church members will have greater exposure to gay people, and the lives of those gay people will be better. Andrew Solomon gaypeoplethinking I think morality is more important than ever before. As we gain more power, the question of what we do with it becomes more and more crucial, and we are very close to really having divine powers of creation and destruction. The future of the entire ecological system and the future of the whole of life is really now in our hands. And what to do with it is an ethical question and also a scientific question. Andrew Solomon moralityimportantthinking I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately explain everything. Andrew Solomon traditionfatherthinking I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking. Andrew Solomon shrinkingworldthinking«205206207208209210211212213214215»
