Brene Brown Quotes

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

Brene Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1965

Topics

GoodParentingFunPeopleFeel Good

I've always felt, and I think I'm qualified to say so because I've won a few awards, that it's a terrible shame to put something in competition with something else to be able to sell something.

John Hurt

CompetitionThinkSayShameAwards

My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.

Louis Bacon

FatherMemoriesFishingAppreciation

After President Mutharika was declared a winner, there was life after State House. For those Malawians that know me, I am an international public speaker. So I went back to my speaking engagements.

Joyce Banda

LifeI AmMeWinnerBackHouse

One of the things I found is that no matter where in the country - poor communities, rich communities - everybody deals with very similar issues of bullying. It's pretty widespread.

Jay Asher

BullyingRichCountryMatterPoor

I was a fearful kid and, for some crazy reason, a pretty fearless writer.

Judy Blume

CrazyFearlessKidReasonPretty

My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation.

Joseph Bruchac

KnowledgePeopleHelpSpecialMy Own

When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit of personality, I can create a character. This is what I have done, particularly in my novels.

Jonathan Ames

GoodCharacterTeacherMyselfMe

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him.

Dolly Wells

FunnyConfidenceMeThoughtFeel

On the outskirts of the desert in Yemen, there was a cafe with a jukebox that had 'Sunshine Superman' on it. I loved that.

Donovan

SunshineDesertLovedSupermanCafe

It's much easier to talk about racism when you're able to use mutants as a metaphor. People would much rather talk about Charles Xavier and Magneto than they would about Martin Luther King or Malcolm X.

Cheo Hodari Coker

RacismKingPeopleYouTalkAble

When a play is really cooking, there's nothing like it.

Ciaran Hinds

CookingPlayNothingLikeReally

I can get obsessive with my training, but it makes you who you are.

Bradley Wiggins

TrainingYouI CanGetWhoMakes

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