People need justice.
Rob McGibbon, The Definite Article, Rob McGibbon, 27 August 2011 source ↗
The question
What do you need to believe in order to get through the day?Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
Vox used this exact prompt throughout its named 9 Questions series on intellectual habits.
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Jia Tolentino
Writer
I act like a hopeful person, but I think that hope is based on having zero expectations.
Alexander Armstrong
English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer
Be happy and enthusiastic.
Alan Shepard
Naval aviator and astronaut; the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon
No. I think all of us had such confidence in the technology that it was not a question. It was just a question of scheduling and a question of the funds to do it. I think one has to have that kind of an attitude, particularly when you are involved in research and development. You’ve got to believe it’s going to be done eventually.
David Lynch
Film director, screenwriter and painter
Transcendental Meditation, it’s obviously the most important thing to do day in and day out. Transcending is the key to a better and better life, and this idea is catching on more and more in the world.
Recorded
Asaad Saad, Maharishi University of Management commencement Q&A, TIME, 27 June 2016
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More from David Hare
View profile →I threw my lot in with the theatre and in terms of the pleasure it's given me, I've never regretted it, not even for a second.
I’m much much closer to my children than my father was to me, and I would hope that the quality of love I’ve given them is different from the quality my father gave me.
I love making jam. Plum is best.
If not, I’ll go to the cinema or answer emails.
I took Nicole out to dinner for the first time on 19 October, 1991. After that, everything changed.
I would like to write a play which doesn’t disappoint me 20 years later.
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