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Cheryl Strayed Quotes

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 17, 1968

Topics

Life Mother Home Animal Animals She

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

Fear Unknown Terrible

I feel like, throughout lots of my life, especially growing up, I felt powerless.

Life Growing Up Feel My Life Growing

I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it.

Doctor Grow Grow Up Always Up Aware

If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.

Opponent Him Temper Your Irritate

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

Work College Me Chicago Improv Nerd

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.

Time Cool Sunglasses Think Outside

New Orleans could not be further removed from where I am from. I come from Holland, where everything is perfectly arranged - it's neat; there's no real crime. There's a very strong middle class. Then you get dumped in New Orleans - just the funkiest city, crazy problems, but also street culture unlike anywhere in the States.

Michiel Huisman

Culture I Am City Crazy Strong You

If there is one thing we need to avoid, it is competition between E.U. institutions.

Miroslav Lajcak

Competition Need One Thing Avoid

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

Busy Movies Inspired Been Jet Very

Toronto is actually way more fast-paced than L.A. - I find the fast-paced nature of Toronto a bit obtrusive. In L.A., I love getting up and going hiking and going to the beach - that's L.A. culture and it's awesome and I miss it. Toronto culture is wonderful, but I miss L.A.

Nature Love Culture Beach Find Way

I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.

Football Team Small You Drama Know

In a faraway land called 'pre-2000,' what Earthlings now call blogging was called 'keeping a diary.' It's hard work to do well. I tried doing it in the early 1990s but had to stop because I no longer had a life - instead I had this thing that generated anecdotes to go into my diary. The diary took over and I had to stop.

Douglas Coupland

Life Work Hard Work Doing Early Go

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