“Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what's good, what's right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can't fix, its over...leave it alone! You're coming into a season of greatness. If you water what's alive and divine, you will see harvest like you've never seen before. Stop wasting water on dead issues, dead relationships, dead people, a dead past. No matter how much you water concrete, you can't grow a garden.” PeopleIfsMatterPastGrowsStuffWaterIssuesAliveGreatnessDivineLike YouGardenSeasonsBonesConcreteHarvestDead PeoplePlaying Around Author:T. D. Jakes
“And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And he or she needs to know what God can do. Your honest portrayal of your past may be the courage for another's future.” KnowsNeedsMayGodStoriesPastCan DoCourageShareHonestHonestyLike YouFutureOur PastYour PastPortrayal Book:The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life Source: The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life
“Every time I get sexually harassed, I'm supposed to turn around and yell at the person, but there are safety issues. Sometimes the best thing you can do it just walk right past that person and have a great day. But sometimes you feel like you really need to say something.” NeedsFeelsPersonsSometimesPastTurnsCan DoWalksIssuesLike YouSafetyBest ThingsYou Can Do ItSexuallyGreat DayHave A Great Day Author:Kathleen Hanna
“My whole life at a certain point was studio, hotel, stage, hotel, stage, studio, stage, hotel, studio, stage. I was expressing everything from my past, everything that I had experienced prior to that studio stage time, and it was like you have to go back to the well, in order to give someone something to drink. I felt like a cistern, dried up and like there was nothing more. And it was so beautiful.” GivingWellsWholePastBeautifulCertainOrderFeltStageLike YouDrinkStudiosWhole LifeHotelMy Past Author:Lauryn Hill
“If you accept learning as a dominant determination of your behavior, then all of a sudden you're open to the idea that, for instance, there are other people who are more educated than you about the environment, who you will learn from. It's kind of like you don't even have to believe that you know anything about the environment, but you do have to understand that your behavior has been determined by learning in the past.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveKindHas BeensIdeasPastAcceptingEnvironmentLike YouBehaviorDeterminationDeterminedEducatedInstanceDominant Author:Greg Graffin
“Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading people. You learn about reading the atmosphere of the street. If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. It's almost like you get to know personality types, just by watching people walk past. You get a sense for things.” PeopleIfsKnowsLongStillsEnoughPastReadingWalksCitiesStreetsLike YouTypePersonalitySingingAtmosphereSongwritingPersonality TypesBusking Author:Glen Hansard
“Stained is about a lonely bookshop keeper, and her past comes back to haunt her. I play a femme fatale, schizophrenic serial killer. They offered me the part and I was like, "I'm just curious why you thought I would be perfect for this role," and the director (Karen Lam) said, "You have this look that, when you're smiling, you're really sweet, but when you're not smiling, you look like you could kill somebody."” LooksSaidPlayWould BePastPerfectRolesSweetLike YouDirectorsLonelyCuriousKillersKeepersSerialsSerial KillerSchizophrenicFemmeBookshopsFemme FataleReally Sweet Author:Tinsel Korey
“Doing reality TV is hard. You get lost. You are shooting three months before anybody sees it. So you are past [the emotions]. Then when it airs and the public sees it, they react and it drags you back. It feels you have grown, but then you suddenly feel like you haven't moved at all.” FeelsHardRealityPastThreeLostEmotionAirHavensTvsLike YouMonthsMovedShootingDragThree MonthsReality TvLost You Author:Michel'le
“Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you may have done well in the past.” FeelsWellsMayDoneCharacterPastFilmChallengesLike You Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“Sometimes we are looking for somebody we can connect with on the basis of a shared past or a tradition or experience. And so finding that you're sitting next to someone very much like you in terms of where they come from is enormously reassuring.” SometimesPastNextTermLike YouFindingsSittingTraditionBasesReassuring Author:Mohsin Hamid