“I have no fresh-from-the-oven mother-daughter recollections - only the daily creaking of cans being opened and the sucking sound of gelatinous vegetables splurting from their tin-encased vacuums. Her kitchen was filled with smoke and impatience. ... And so I grew up finding my own path, frying what could not be boiled, winging my way through life without recipes.” WayMotherSoundMy OwnPathGrewFindingsGrew UpDaughterFilledSmokeMy WayKitchenVegetablesRecipesImpatienceVacuumsRecollectionMother DaughterTinOvensFrying Author:Patricia J. Williams
“I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.” WayBigsPossibilityAdventureFindingsMy Way Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“I got better the way everyone gets better: by trial and error and error and error, by fumbling around and making mistakes but not giving up and working incredibly hard at it every day and eventually, through a painful and laborious process of eliminating every wrong turn, finding my way.” WayGivingHardTurnsProcessMistakeGiving UpFindingsErrorsPainfulTrialsMy WayGet BetterMaking MistakesNot Giving UpEliminatingTrial And ErrorWrong Turn Author:Mishka
“In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel pretty good sitting on a reggae groove as well.” WayFeelsWellsStillsCertainComfortableFindingsSingingSittingGuitarMy WayAcousticsGrooveReggaeAcoustic Guitar Author:Colin Hay
“I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.” WayMistakeFindingsMy WayMaking MistakesI Make Mistakes Author:PJ Harvey
“Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century.” WorldWayCenturyPaintingHugeFindingsMy Way18th CenturyLush Author:Rebecca Miller
“Becoming a Christian was terribly helpful to me. I can't imagine finding my way without it. I think it can be very crucially important to ally yourself with some religion.” ThinkingWayI CanImportantChristianImagineBecomingFindingsMy WayHelpfulAllies Author:Frederick Buechner
“Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.” WayDoorsMysteryFindingsMirrorsCatholicPursuitSmokeArtisticMy WayLatinDispositionBack Doors Author:Susan Sarandon
“Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.” IfsWayWantedJobsStruggleSuccessfulMaterialsFindingsHorribleMy WayBeing SuccessfulDay Jobs Author:Billy Eichner
“Wouldn't we all rather have the possibility of finding pleasure and delight in literally anything we might encounter? Instead of assuming that actually there are only these three things where pleasure and delight are possible. Like oh, it's television and socialization and work, and then everything else is the smoke I have to somehow choke my way through in order to get to the good parts.” WayMightOrderThreePleasurePossibilityTelevisionFindingsAssumingDelightSmokeMy WayEncountersThree ThingsChokeSocialization Author:Ian Bogost
“In a way, art has always been my way of problem-solving, of getting through situations, of finding my response to things, so to imagine doing something else makes me panic a little bit.” WayLittlesArtProblemBitsSituationImagineFindingsLittle BitResponseMy WayPanicProblem Solving Author:Tom Burr
“As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.” WayPersonsPhilosophyRealizingMiddleHusbandFindingsMarriedCompromiseMy WayMy HusbandHighwaysMiddle Ground Author:Gabrielle Union