“My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious.” StillsReligiousMy FamilySouthernBaptistsSouthern Baptist Author:Missi Pyle
“I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.” BelieveLittlesStillsI BelieveReligiousTypeHigherMy FamilyScaredI Believe InBelieve In GodSkepticalHigher PowerI Believe In GodFamily Apart Author:Ja Rule
“I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.” StillsStoriesWantedRememberGirlMy FamilyMy GirlRemembers Everything Author:Sissy Spacek
“I'm a huge fan of Chicago sports and Chicago food, and I love going home and my family is still there. I guess it's pretty easy to have a normal life in Chicago.” StillsHomeEasySportsFansHugeNormalMy FamilyChicagoNormal LifeGoing Home Author:Matt Walsh
“I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.” YearsLooksStillsPiecesMilitaryChangedWallMembersPaperShotsMy FamilyGreenPocketsChemicalsGrandfatherFamily MembersColonelsConfederateCompositesGreat GrandfatherCavalry Author:Anson Mount
“There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing to me, and still is. And the other way is to go out. I knew there would be problems from my family, and also from my environment. But I thought that physical pain would be better than the mental pain. And I started working as an artist.” WayWantStillsTwoProblemWould BePainArtistCultureEnvironmentMy FamilyDisturbingTwo WaysPuppetsPhysical PainMental Pain Author:Malina Suliman
“During the last 17 years... I have been working at the restoration of a once exhausted hillside. Its scars are now healed over, though still visible, and this year it has provided abundant pasture, more than in any year since we have owned it. But to make it as good as it is now has taken 17 years. If I had been a millionaire or if my family had been starving, it would still have taken 17 years. It can be better than it is now, but that will take longer. For it to live fully in its own responsibility, as it did before bad use ran it down, may take hundreds of years.” IfsYearsMayHas BeensStillsUseLastsResponsibilityTakenLandMy FamilyRanVisibleScarExhaustedStarvingHealedMillionaireRestorationPastures Author:Wendell Berry
“My original goal in the '90s, after I found feminism and I was the first generation in my family to go to college, was to spread this information that feminism was still very much alive, and that you can't believe the media telling you that it doesn't need to exist and that it doesn't exist.” NeedsFirstsBelieveStillsFoundGoalAliveGenerationsFeminismMediaInformationCollegeMy FamilyOriginalsSpread Author:Kathleen Hanna