“Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.” Quote by Julia Stiles
“I'm not good at keeping secrets. If I'm entrusted with a secret from a friend, I can do that because I'm a good friend, but I don't like having secrets, it makes me nervous.” IfsI CanCan DoSecretNervousGood FriendKeeping Secrets Author:Julia Stiles
“When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.” PeriodsShameBetrayed Author:Amy Poehler
“If you can make nature and technology friends, then you can make everyone friends; you can make everyone intact. That's what women do a lot - they're the glue between a lot of things.” IfsTechnologyGlue Author:Bjork
“Love is unconditional and incomprehensible. And I believe it's possible to love absent of mutual respect.” BelieveI BelieveLove IsMutualUnconditionalAbsentMutual Respect Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your family, you are an individual in full possession of your life.” SufferingIndividualPossessionOur FamilySpite Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I still describe myself as a Christian, and my love of God and my relationship with God is fundamental, but its manifestations in my life and the practices of it are constantly changing. I find incredible freedom in my faith.” StillsChristianPracticeFundamentalsIncrediblesGod LoveManifestationRelationship With GodDescribe Myself Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Yes, the kingdom of Christianity and the Church has been one of the most destructive forces in history, and there are levels of bastardization of religious beliefs. But the unique thing about Christianity is that it is so amorphous and not reductive to culture or place or anything. It's extremely malleable.” Has BeensCultureBeliefForceChurchReligiousLevelsChristianityUniqueKingdomsDestructiveReligious BeliefUnique Things Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I'm being explicit about really horrifying experiences in my life, but my hope has always been to be responsible as an artist and to avoid indulging in my misery, or to come off as an exhibitionist. I don't want to make the listener complicit in my vulnerable prose poem of depression, I just want to honor the experience. I'm not the victim here, and I'm not seeking other peoples' sympathy. I don't blame my parents, they did the best they could.” WantArtistParentHonorResponsibleVictimBlameMiserySeekingVulnerableProseListenersBeing ResponsibleExplicitExhibitionist Author:Sufjan Stevens
“At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.” YearsFirstsArtStageDesignTelevisionMajorsUniversityTheatrePlanningMaryland Author:Jim Henson