Laura van den Berg Quotes

I think writing, or any form of art-making, is a way to prepare for not being here. Not that we can. No amount of preparing can really ready us, in a meaningful way, for the great void that awaits us all.

Laura van den Berg

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GreatWritingThinkReadyWayHere

I definitely swear more than I should.

Joe Kennedy III

MoreThanSwearShouldDefinitely

The truth is that we don't need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. Because what's better than being roundly liked is being fully known - an impossibility both professionally and personally if you're so busy being likable that you forget to be yourself.

Jessica Valenti

LoveTruthYourselfPeopleBusyYou

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.

Amy Grant

LiveMusicHelp OthersRichHelp

This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

Joshua Chamberlain

LifeLiveGreatServiceBestReward

The 'Bohemian Manifesto' represents those that actually have to step out of society because they cannot join, but then they become the saviors of society because they create the actual possibilities of change.

Donovan

ChangeStepSocietyPossibilities

Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve.

Craig Bruce

GoodTimeFightBackEarthRun

Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions.

Anthony Doerr

GreatBasketballSeasonsResolutions

One misconception I think is wrong is that being a larger size means, somehow, that you're neglecting your body, or you don't look after yourself, or you don't love yourself enough to lose weight. We've been saturated with the idea that to be happy you must be thin, or to be healthy you must be thin.

Philomena Kwao

LoveYourselfHappyLove Yourself

I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.

Shantel VanSanten

TimeUntilModeled

I did go bankrupt because everybody copied me - every single industry. But genuinely, it doesn't matter. I swear I don't care.

Maripol

MeCareGoMatterSingleIndustry

I just record whenever I can, whenever I'm home, whenever I have access to something that can make music.

Kevin Parker

HomeMusicI CanSomethingJust

I had always done theater during the entire six years I was with 'CSI: Miami.'

Khandi Alexander

MiamiDoneAlwaysYearsSixTheater

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