“As soon as I moved to New York, I experienced Hurricane Irene and then Hurricane Sandy hit me in quite a big way. I had 12 days without any electricity or any water. The thing that I realized the most from it was that we've become so dependent on technology. There's so much accessibility to information that suddenly when everything is cut off, you're completely lost, and you start asking deeper and more profound questions - how short life is, and how grateful we should be for things.” WayShouldBigsLife IsLostWaterTechnologyCuttingInformationNew YorkAskingGratefulMovedProfoundDeeperI RealizedDependentElectricityHurricanesShort LifeAccessibilitySandyHow Short Life IsHurricane Sandy Author:Archie Panjabi
“When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts.” ArtArtistGratefulMoved Book:The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World Source: The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
“Look, there's no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years, and for someone like me who's always tried to make a living at it, it's been great, I'm very grateful for it. But at the same time, it's not a subculture-y thing anymore; it's something that's in the New York Times and the New Yorker.” YearsLooksLastsCultureNew YorkGratefulMovedLike MeMainstreamAmerican CultureNew York TimesNew YorkersSubculture Author:Adrian Tomine
“I vacillate between feeling grateful for what I have in such hard times for the music business and being frustrated that I haven't moved up more quickly. It can be dispiriting to play the same small clubs tour after tour. You think: "When am I going to get to theatres, maybe even arenas?" But maybe that's not on the cards for me, maybe I don't have a wide enough appeal. Most days, I am happy to have the best job in the world.” ThinkingWorldEnoughFeelingsGratefulMovedTheatreHard TimesFrustratedMusic Business Author:Teddy Thompson
“I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.” SchoolFatherGratefulMovedKenyaI Am GratefulSomalia Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“It was the love of love, the love of swallows up all else, a grateful love, a love of natural, of people, of animals, a love ingengering gentleness and goodness that moved meand that I saw in you” PeopleLoveNaturalAnimalSawsGoodnessGratefulMovedGentlenessFunny RelationshipGrateful Love Author:William Carlos Williams
“I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.” FeelsFirstsFoundVoiceTeacherNew YorkLuckyTrainingGratefulMovedGreat Teacher Author:Judy Collins
“Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.” HumansSometimesFactsAliveTearsCapableGratefulMovedTouchedAffirmingI'm AliveLife Affirming Author:Brian Molko