Self-reinvention is an encouraging conceit. It is simply not always a possible one.
Alissa Quart
Recitation: by Male by Female
There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.
Jesmyn Ward
PowerLightSimpleDarknessRacism
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
Andy Stanley
PeopleBibleGrowCheatingEasyYou
One of the major dangers of being alone in February is the tendency to dwell on past relationships. Whether you're daydreaming about that 'one that got away,' or you're recalling the fairy tale date you went on last Valentine's Day, romanticizing the past isn't helpful - nor accurate.
Amy Morin
AloneValentine's DayDayPastYou
I have adopted an 80/20 rule when it comes to my delicate relationship with food: 80 percent of the time, I make good choices; 20 percent of the time, I let myself splurge a little.
Trisha Yearwood
GoodRelationshipTimeMyselfFood
I'm a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in '78.
Ron Cephas Jones
CollegeBackKidJerseyState
The whole experience co-curating the Biennial was a learning experience. The Suburban and The Poor Farm are not institutions. They are not by design, organized around power structures. Because I am someone who thrives on delineating context, seeing up close the inner workings of the museum was not wasted on me.
Michelle Grabner
LearningPowerExperienceI AmMe
The only problem in the past has been my kids. I'd want to bring them to London with me, but they are at an important stage in high school.
Mimi Rogers
PastSchoolMeHigh SchoolProblem
The first time that somebody handed me a sheet of paper with a promo on it, it was like a 'throw up in your mouth' kind of moment. And it's not, like, their fault, you know? It's not the writers' fault. But if was my world, there would be no written promos; there'd be no scripts.
Dean Ambrose
TimeMomentMeWorldYouMouth
My nickname is Deb for people who really know me. But the only real nickname I've ever had was, my dad used to call me 'Ace.'
Deborah K. Ross
PeopleMeKnowRealUsedAce
The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
Christopher Dawson
AgeGreatPresentValuesSeenSlump
We should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it as a piece of harmless fun.
Richard Dawkins
I AmFunBelieveFightingTalking
Hollywood is not good when it comes to age.
Kyle MacLachlan
GoodAgeHollywood
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