S Quotes
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“Singing what's in your heart? Naming the things you love and loathe? You can get hurt that way. Hell, you will get hurt that way. But you'll get hurt trying to hide away in all that silence and leave your life unsung. There's no future without tears. Are you really setting your hopes on not getting hurt at all? You think that's an option? You clearly aren't listening to enough Morrissey songs.”
Source: Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke
“Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.”
Source: The Secret Lives of Dresses
“Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.”
“Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy.”
“Singing you home my creed is simple. My soul, a seeker of love.”
“Singing your favorite songs at the top of your lungs with a friend in the driver’s seat can do wonders on a broken heart.”
Source: Hey Humanity
“Singing your own songs is all about individual expression”
“Singing your own songs live is so personal, it's like standing there reading out your diary pages. I still get really nervous so I would have to say performing is the greater rush for me.”
“Singing's not my real passion.”
“Singing, dancing, and acting! The part [of Roxie in Let It Shine] was right up my alley. Plus, the thought of playing a rock star was like a dream for me.”
“Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.”
“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers (adminstrators) too plainly proves a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing us to slavery.”
“Single' and 'In a relationship' are just stupid titles. Your heart determines your true relationship status.”
“Single by choice, just not my choice.”
“Single cells analyze thousands of stimuli from the microenvironment they inhabit. The more awareness an organism has of its environment, the better its chances for survival. When cells band together they increase their awareness exponentially. Division of labor among the cells in the community offers an additional survival advantage. The efficiency it enables more cells to live on less. Evolution is based on an instructive, cooperative interaction among organisms and their environment enables life forms to survive and evolve in a dynamic world.”
“Single cells speak clearly—if you listen to their spatial language.”
“Single facts almost never slay worldviews, at least not right away.”
Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History
“Single gals aren't all a bunch of Bridget Joneses, desperate for love.”
“Single guys get a bad rap.”
“Single ia Good !”
“Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Single is not a status, it is a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.”
“Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress…we are Divas that Impress!”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Single letters scrape against
bare paper as it flutters.
Sharp and tall they reach
for a whole word existence.
[Letter Jumble]”
Source: Bare Spirit: The Selected Poems of Susan Marshall
“Single life is so overrated. It sucks.”
“Single life is the best life until you get hit by lonely nights.”
“Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.”
Source: One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone
“Single" means you are brave enough to face the glorious unknown of the unaccompanied journey.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Single men and determined groups have been the only makers of space in which man could walk free.”
“Single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints.”
Source: Complete Poetry of Rudyard Kipling: Complete 570+ Poems in One Volume: Songs from Novels and Stories, The Seven Seas Collection, Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads, An Almanac of Twelve Sports, The Five Nations, The Years Between…
“Single men never have any problems. I suppose that the public builds some kind of idea from what they've seen of me on the screen.”
“Single minded pursuit of the kingdom of God and his righteousness results in having everlasting life”
“Single-mindedness and focus projected onto a single desire and a goal has more power within you than you have ever imagined”
“Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.”
“Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cape proudly.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal.”
“Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.”
“Single mothering is challenging the concept of the `male breadwinner and a provider’ model.”
Source: Single Mothers, Patriarchy and Citizenship in India: Rethinking Lone Motherhood through the Lens of Socio-legal and Policy Framework
“Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before.”
“Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share--maybe more. Yet their motives are often labeled selfish and single-minded--never mind all the babies brought into the world to snag husbands, "save" faltering marriages or produce heirs.”
“Single Mothers
Your shoulders are heavy,
but you stand tall and raise your head high,
knowing that you are raising kings and queens, future leaders of the world.
You are pounding the pavement, kicking butt, making it look easy but we know better;
we know the struggle,
we understand the pain.
The road feels lonely
but you are not alone.”
Source: The Heart and Soul of Black Women: Poems of Love, Struggle and Resilience
“Single or married, you are responsible for your own personal happiness.”
“Single parenthood is hard, but it's simple too. You just do everything yourself.”
“Single parenthood is when, like a soccer goalkeeper, you’re compelled to guard two goalposts at the same time.”
“Single parenthood:
Where you bite every bullet
Suck up spells of pouring rain
And wake with open wounds
Still dripping with the liquid of yesterday's pain
The objective being to simply get up, withstand, endure
Fight an inch harder, love a little more
And draw a smile on your face
Tie a ribbon of calm around your racing heart
For the one(s) that you so beautifully adore”
Source: Diamonds Through The Dark: The Poetry I Am in Love, Faith and Fire
“Single parents - both women and men - can play as critical a role as the traditional two-parent family, and gay and lesbian parents can, and do, raise happy, resilient children. When it comes to family life, form is not merely as important as content. Feeling loved and supported, nurtured and safe, is far more critical than the 'package' it comes in.”
Source: Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
“Single parents in particular may have trouble maintaining themselves as authority figures because of underlying guilt; they feel acontinuing sense that they have deprived their kids of the second parent, and so they tend to give in to the children's requests, even when unreasonable.”
“Single parents, I testify that as you do your very best in the most difficult of human challenges, heaven will smile upon you. Truly you are not alone. Let the redemptive, loving power of Jesus Christ brighten your life now and fill you with the hope of eternal promise. Take courage. Have faith and hope. Consider the present with fortitude and look to the future with confidence.”
“Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.”