Elyn Saks Quotes

We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States.

Elyn Saks

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TragedyStopJailMental Illness

I've been a Raider all my life.

Jim Otto

LifeMy LifeBeenRaiderAll My Life

Keeping score is for games, not friendships.

John C. Maxwell

GamesScoreFriendshipsKeeping

That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.

Jello Biafra

HopeTimeTravelRandomRoadYou

You get to choose how you perceive your reality. So why, when it comes to perceiving yourself, would you choose to see anything other than a super-huge rock star of a creature?

Jen Sincero

YourselfRealityRock StarChoose

We all know that a church is not a building.

Robert H. Schuller

BuildingChurchKnow

In my experience as an actor over so many years, I don't know when I have been touched so deeply on so many levels as I have been by 'The Leftovers' in my three years there. It is a profound exploration of life, of grief, of loss.

Ann Dowd

LifeGriefExperienceLossKnow

If you lose a parent, no matter at what age, every five or 10 years you have a different way of missing them and a different way of getting on with your life.

Rory Kinnear

LifeAgeParentYouLoseWay

I started walking rather than driving to get my coffee. I liked it so much, I do it for 45 minutes every day... You know those annoying people who are like, 'If I don't work out I feel... ugh'? I might be becoming one of those people.

Ross Mathews

WorkCoffeeDayPeopleWalkingYou

Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.

Mitski

YoungMoviesI Was RaisedBeenVery

Obama is as likely to be impeached as he is to be installed as the next pontiff. And I say that as someone who has testified in Congress that this president has violated federal laws, unconstitutionally appointed various executive-branch officers and improperly transferred money.

Jonathan Turley

MoneySomeoneCongressSayPresident

Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large.

Jose Angel Gurria

LifeWorkHomeWomenMenEquality

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

Doris Roberts

SadAloneIdentityHideDressedShe

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