“It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.” Has BeensMadeFearChangeProgressWorstChangedAfrican AmericanProfessorsRealisedThings Have ChangedWorst Fear Author:Derrick Bell
“Heaven knows that alcohol is the worst thing in the world, but it's debatable whether cocaine is worse than caffeine or whether it's the same thing and they just changed the name.” KnowsWorldNamesHeavenWorstChangedAlcoholWorst ThingsCocaineCaffeine Author:Merle Haggard
“The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if that can be imagined. Everyone that I knew changed totally. But they took the worst things of his playing-that harsh sound; it just didn't come off the way they did it. The way he did it was great, Their way wasn't good at all. I just would listen to 'em, say: 'That's a Bird imitator', and that would be it; I would never care to listen to them again.” IfsWayWould BeCareSoundWorstChangedMusicianBirdEmsHarshWorst ThingsCharlieImitatorColtrane Author:Art Pepper
“The credit belongs to those of us who are actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. We strive valiantly and sometimes there's the triumph of achievement but at the worst, we fail, but at least we fail while daring greatly." That has really changed my life. Profoundly changed my life.” SometimesFacesFailingBloodWorstChangedAchievementStriveCreditDustTriumphSweatDaringArenaChanged My LifeDaring Greatly Author:Brené Brown
“I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself. I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now. Physically, the hardest obstacle I have overcome was severe back issues. [This] resulted in finally getting surgery to replace four discs, which changed my life back to active - which is how I am happiest.” ThinkingI CanSometimesEnjoyMy OwnForgetIssuesFourWorstChangedOvercomingCriticsObstaclesActiveHardestSurgerySevereHere And NowChanged My LifeDiscs Author:Tricia Helfer
“I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life.” WritingFirstsBookWorstChangedSickTwentiesIllnessDecadesAcceptedExoticChanged My Life Author:Judy Blume
“I even have some stories of people telling me how that song has changed their life, how it got them through hard times, how it saved their life when they were on the verge of thinking of doing the worst. That just really amazes me, that that movie [Romeo + Juliet] and that part in the movie are still having a huge effect on people's lives today.” PeopleThinkingStillsHardStoriesTodaySongWorstEffectsChangedHugeSavedHard TimesLive For TodayVergeJulietRomeo JulietThrough Hard Times Author:Quindon Tarver
“The worst thing that can happen is when you have gone weeks and months into elaborate sequences and the storyline of the film changes and you find out they don't need it. Sometimes you don't shoot those sequences, or they have been shot and then get edited out of the sequence you've shot gets changed and needs to be redone. That can be hard. It's not heartbreaking, but you do tend to think, "Och, all that work and effort." But that's filming, you know? You put all of these modular things into the pot, and sometimes they don't all get used.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHas BeensSometimesHardHappensFilmUsedEffortGoneWeekWorstChangedMonthsShotsPotWorst ThingsSequenceHeartbreakingEditedStoryline Author:Wade Eastwood