“I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I dont get crazy.” HomeStuffLinesWalksRoomsCrazyDogMy FriendsMy FamilyCleanReally GreatGarbageGreat Family Author:Abigail Breslin
“I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball down the line. I obviously want to succeed. I want to do well. I want to perform. But at the same time, I'm at peace that no matter what happens on this earth, the more important part is being a Christian, and being in the Kingdom of Heaven when it's all said and done.” WantFirstsWellsSaidImportantMatterDonePlayHappensEarthChristianHeavenChristLinesBehindsSucceedMy FamilyBaseballNo Matter WhatKingdomsKingdom Of HeavenSaid And Done Author:Mark Teixeira
“I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from. We lived there for three or four years and came back to the States when I was about ten. I realised that I'd gone from place to place not fitting in. The thing that helped me fit in when moving around and not having a ton of friends was that I could make art. That was the through-line.” YearsArtStatesMovingThreeBitsBornLinesGoneFourFitTenMy FamilyMovedFour YearsRealisedFittingNigeriaPittsburghNot Fitting Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You're presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSelfHardHomeJobsLinesActingAudienceConsciousMy FamilyPerformancesDrawingOddCartoonGigsSelf ConsciousPresentingCollision Author:Dylan Moran
“She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a friendly junkman, building things from the little pieces of scrap I find here and there, but my family's started to see things differently. Their personal lives are the so-called pieces of scrap I so casually pick up, and they're sick of it. More and more often their stories begin with the line "You have to swear you'll never repeat this." I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing.” WritingMindMeanLittlesImportantStoriesTurnsLinesKnowingPiecesBuildingPromisePicksUnderstoodMy FamilySickRepeatsFriendlySwearPersonal LifeHere And ThereScrapBuilding ThingsWords Mean Nothing Author:David Sedaris
“Bottom line, Eliza— you’re my home and my family, and I don’t want to lose you. I could lose everything else, and as long as I still had you and a guitar I know I’d be all right. Do you get what I’m saying?” KnowsWantLongStillsHomeLosesLinesMy FamilyGuitarBottomBottom LineI Don't Want To Lose You Book:How to Kill a Rock Star Source: How to Kill a Rock Star
“If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions of others - maybe then I would not have bought the cultural party line that thinness is the be-all and end-all of goals. Maybe if my family had not been in utter chaos most of the time, maybe if my parents were a little better at dealing with their own lives maybe if I'd gotten help sooner, or if I'd gotten different help, maybe if I didn't so fiercely cherish my secret, or if I were not such a good liar, or were not quite so empty inside... maybe.” IfsLittlesPersonsDifferentEndsHelpingParentGoalLinesPartySecretPerceptionMy FamilyEmptyChaosIntenseDependentLiarsCherishFearfulImpressionableThinnessPerception Of OthersGood Liar Author:Marya Hornbacher