Susannah Cahalan Quotes

The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first 'I love you's' - chronicled in my 2012 memoir 'Brain on Fire' - occurred deep in a hallucinatory psychotic episode outside a crowded Maplewood, NJ, restaurant.

Susannah Cahalan

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LoveFireBrainHusbandStoryDeep

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess.

Jodi Picoult

LifeFamilyLiveMeWritingFree

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.

Anita Baker

MotherMusicDaughterStressWife

Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?

Jeff Foxworthy

UglyPeopleSomeoneYouSeenGet

Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric.

Michael Eisner

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I'm just happy that Jesus Christ, um, did not let me lose my teeth when I was 20 years old. 'Cause I was wondering, like, what if you kept your baby teeth until the age of 18 or 20, and then you lose 'em? That would look pretty bad.

Metta World Peace

AgeHappyMeBabyLoseLook

We found what we could at that time - the truth. If somebody else can find something else which we didn't find, that, of course, is a duty on their part, as is the truth. It will be the truth.

John Sherman Cooper

TruthTimeFindDutyWillSomething

There's no buying a greasy breakfast in L.A. - it's all organic juices.

Amelia Warner

BreakfastOrganicBuyingJuices

I got this powdered water - now I don't know what to add.

Steven Wright

WaterKnowNowGotAdd

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.

Roger Ailes

RememberMeetTryRespondLevel

Jockeying for a popularity position has been a valorized teen tradition since the notion of a discrete teen stage of life was invented.

Mary H.K. Choi

LifeTeenTraditionStagePopularity

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

Lotte Verbeek

PeopleStrongFeelTalkAlwaysLike

I have to respect my opponent, always, doesn't matter who he is, but I'll get in there and win. That's a fact.

Jose Aldo

RespectWinMatterOpponentAlways

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