“I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.” WantWantedPositionProudMy FamilyCelebrateWildernessFedsHikingFloatingRapidsGlaciersKidnapped Author:Leigh Newman
“For them [LGBT group], language has to say exactly what it means. "Why aren't you proud of being gay?" they wanted to know. "Why are you so dark? Why are you so morbid? Why are you so sad? Don't you realize, we're all okay? Let's celebrate that fact." But that is not what writers do. We don't celebrate being "okay." If you want to be okay, take an aspirin.” IfsKnowsWantMeanFactsWantedLanguageRealizingDarkGroupsProudGayOkayCelebrateLgbtMorbidBeing GaySo SadAspirinBeing Okay Author:Richard Rodriguez
“You have to be really vigilant and appreciative of what you have and not get too excited about anything. But it's important to celebrate what you have and feel proud for a minute.” FeelsImportantMinutesProudExcitedCelebrateVigilantAppreciative Author:Sophia Amoruso
“I think as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UN, it's a good moment to rekindle our efforts to make multilateralism work yet again. And I'm proud to say that in the Iran agreement I think we did show that it can work.” ThinkingMomentsShowsEffortProudCelebrateAgreementIranGood MomentsMultilateralism Author:John F. Kerry
“It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.” GovernmentPoliticalProudAchievementCelebrateLabourBe ProudPositivelySlamNhsUncouth Author:Lucy Powell