“Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.” ThinkingBigsMotherLeftFeltSidesSpaceEffectsHugeFilledHoles Author:Imelda Staunton
“Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge bag of good stuff for the Pentagon. But pretty quickly conservatives discovered that deficits, when done correctly, did something really cool: deficits defunded the Left.” FirstsDoneLeftStuffSidesCuttingHugeTaxesAccidentsCombinationBagsDeficitReally CoolTax CutsPentagonDeluded Author:Thomas Frank
“If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.” IfsRealLeftBornHurtWorstHugeLike YouDadConnectionsDiedYeahMy DadScarIt HurtsSuperheroRippedYour DadDad DiedGood Dad Author:Jay-Z
“Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.” LeftBehindsHugeMovedPianoApartmentLeft Behind Author:Cy Coleman
“In a sane society no woman would be left to struggle on her own with the huge transformation that is motherhood, when a single individual finds herself joined by an invisible umbilical cord to another person from whom she will never be separated, even by death.” PersonsWould BeIndividualLeftStruggleHugeTransformationMotherhoodInvisibleSaneCordsUmbilical Cord Author:Germaine Greer
“Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.” IfsLongEnoughBigsMovingLeftStarsWaterMemoriesGriefBehindsHugeLong TimeShiningEndureCalmWaveMoving ForwardBoatKeep MovingBehind YouSwamps Author:Jimmy Buffett
“People are stereotypes, they are caricaturized. It comes from both sides of the political aisle, it comes from the press. It's all about conflict, it's all about personality, and there are huge stakes in the policies that are being debated, and I think there's a hunger amongst a very significant, maybe even a critical mass of Americans, clustered on the left, right, and center, to have an adult conversation about how we're going to solve these problems ... but it's not for the fainthearted.” PeopleThinkingProblemPoliticalLeftSidesPolicyHugePersonalityConversationConflictMassAdultsPressesHungerSolveCriticalSignificantStakesStereotypeBoth SidesAisleCritical Mass Author:Hillary Clinton
“Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood.” PeopleGuyLeftNicePlayerHugeHollywoodWingsArrogantTomsEntitlementVery NiceSuperstarLeft WingNice Guy Author:Bill O'Reilly
“I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.” IfsWantProblemSchoolActorsLeftHugeHatedCanadaAuditions Author:Brad Goreski