Lynsey Addario Quotes

As a war correspondent and a mother, I've learned to live in two different realities... but it's my choice. I choose to live in peace and witness war - to experience the worst in people but to remember the beauty.

Lynsey Addario

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BeautyMotherLiveExperiencePeace

Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

Jill Scott

LifeMeHurtFeelDownSometimes

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

John Knoll

ThinkProcessBetterWayTryMore

If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you lift your head you're suddenly really far away from where you're trying to go.

Spike Jonze

DayCompromiseEndWeekTryingYou

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.

Stanislav Grof

PossibleExistenceWithoutAware

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

Rory Bremner

PeopleMeImpressionIdeaNo Idea

People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They're more likely to feel that their dreams and goals are secure. And, oh yes, they do actually save significantly more.

Jean Chatzky

GoalsDreamsPeopleFinancialFeel

All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, 'Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.'

Dick Cavett

MotherDepressionMoneySchoolMe

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Douglas Wilder

BackEarlyPresidentPoliticiansBet

My act is pretty much me reflecting on what I want to talk about and what I think is funny and what has happened to me.

Brian Posehn

FunnyMeThinkWantTalkPretty

I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.

Annette Bening

LoveBusyBeingGoingExcitingLot

If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.

Petina Gappah

CourageConvictionsWouldComicHad

I think I bring the songs that aren't about me or related to me to life. It's like the song 'How Do I Let A Good Man Down?' Let me tell you, I didn't write that song - because if I have a good man, I ain't going to let him down.

Sharon Jones

LifeGoodManMeGood ManSong

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