“There are many places in America where there are no sidewalks. What does that say about us? It says we either have to be in our car or in our house, or in the mall. There are only commercial spaces in almost all of America, or private spaces. You’re either trustpassing or you are buying.” – Judith Levine
“I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.” – Alexander McQueen
Mom: I’m 50, I don’t care what people think of me. You young people care but us seniors, we don’t. The only thing we care about is being able to breathe.
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” – Albus Dumbeldore
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed …
What a woman and great example of a first lady! “We learned about dignity and decency — that how hard you work matters more than how much you make … that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself. We learned about honesty and integrity — that the truth matters … that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules … and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square. We learned about gratitude and humility — that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean … and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.”
Me: Can we go home now? Mom: Yes, I can see you have droopy, hungry eyes. Your ANGRY eyes. HAHA! Like Mrs. Potato head, “I’m packing your ANGRY eyes, just in case.” You totally have your angry eyes on right now! Me: …
“Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of courage, and I promise you something great will come of it.” -Benjamin Mee
“You ate the whole…wheel of cheese? How’d you do that? Heck, I’m not even mad; that’s amazing.” – Ron Burgundy
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -Albus Dumbledore
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” Joseph Chilton Pearce
Such an inspirational reading. The piece below was written by Marina Keegan (Yale University) for a special edition of the News distributed at the class of 2012’s commencement exercises last week. Keegan died in a car accident on Saturday. She was 22. We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life. What I’m grateful and thankful to have found at Yale, and what I’m scared of losing when we wake up tomorrow and leave this place. It’s not quite love and it’s not quite community; it’s just this feeling that there are people, an abundance of people, who are in this together. Who are on your team. When the check is paid and you stay at the table. When it’s four a.m. and no one goes to bed. That night with the guitar. That night we can’t remember. That time we did, we went, we saw, we laughed, we felt. The hats. Yale is full of tiny circles we pull around …
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