“For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.” PeopleMadeDoneMy OwnCrazyDesignDramaMy FamilyLifestyleMade ItOur FamilyTensionHostilityBeing Crazy Author:Dan Colen
“I love the book signings, you know, because I get to talk to real people, and a staggering number of people have said something very specific to me. "The Family Leave Law saved my family," or "Made our lives better," or, "The education aid that you provided made it possible for me to go to college." One man at 50 years of age got his college degree.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsMadeSaidBookRealAgeLawNumbersOur LivesCollegeDegreesMy FamilyAidsSavedMade ItOne ManSigningStaggeringCollege Degree Author:William J. Clinton
“It's a huge testament to those around me - my friends, my family and everyone who supported me. Without their help, I couldn't have made it here. It's been an amazing journey. But we are here for a higher purpose There's a reason that God has for each of us in the sport. It's all about serving His purpose.” MadeReasonHelpingPurposeSportsJourneyHugeHigherMy FriendsMy FamilyMade ItServingTestamentHigher Purpose Author:Elana Meyers
“I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college.” PeopleIfsWayPersonsMadeSchoolCollegeMarriedHigh SchoolMy FamilyMade ItBeing Married Author:Carrie Underwood
“I am one of those sort of "lesser" types, those sensitive types, those people who wouldn't have made it on their own if other people hadn't helped them. A straightforward capitalist society would've cut them off and let them die. So I was saved by my friends and by my family and by people who cared about me, and by modern psychotherapy that cared about women.” PeopleIfsMadeDiesCuttingModernTypeMy FriendsMy FamilySavedMade ItSensitiveCapitalistStraightforwardPsychotherapy Author:Dar Williams
“My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it.” MadeArtistFiveGenerationsMy FamilyMade ItLineage Author:Shia LaBeouf
“In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option; it was mandatory. So even though we didn’t have a lot of money, we made it work. I signed up for financial aid, Pell Grants, work study, anything I could.” MadeStudyCollegeMy FamilyFinancialAidsPrioritiesMade ItGrantsLots Of MoneyCardinalsFinancial AidPell Grants Author:Eva Longoria
“Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls” ThinkingMadeDifferentBodyCarePainHurtCuttingEasierMy FamilyMade ItFlavorStolenSelf InjuryEmotional WoundsWintergirls Author:Laurie Halse Anderson