“We need to celebrate stories by women, for women, as just one more way to redress gender injustice.” WayNeedsStoriesInjusticeGenderCelebrateJust OneRedress Author:Shami Chakrabarti
“Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that most primal of relationships, the one between mother and child. I dare you to read this book without crying.” ChildrenBookStoriesMotherFoundLostJourneyCryIdentityDareMemoirCelebrateRemarkablePrimalCandidMother And ChildLost And Found Author:Mira Bartok
“The oceans are in trouble. There are some serious problems out there that I believe are not clear to many people. My hope is to continually find new ways of creating images and stories that both celebrate the sea yet also highlight environmental problems. Photography can be a powerful instrument for change.” PeopleWayBelieveStoriesProblemI BelievePowerfulClearTroubleSeaSeriousOceanCreatingPhotographyInstrumentsEnvironmentalCelebrateNew WaysHighlightsEnvironmental Problems Author:Brian Skerry
“You don't see heroism, humanity and hope like you do in a horror story. Horror celebrates the kind of friendship that keeps you standing shoulder to shoulder with someone even when the world is falling apart around you.” WorldKindStoriesHumanityFallLike YouHorrorStandingShouldersCelebrateHeroismFalling ApartHorror Stories Author:Alexander Gordon Smith
“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!” IfsKnowsWorldShouldDoeHas BeensSaidStillsTwoStoriesLightMotherNightHateFatherNamesVoiceThis WorldChangedSonHonorEqualDaughterDevilCelebrateMourningWhat IfFunk Author:Bootsy Collins
“Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values and common ideals; who celebrate individual excellence but also share a recognition that together, we can accomplish great and wonderful things we can't accomplish alone.” PeopleMayDifferentStoriesTogetherValuesIndividualWalksCommonWonderfulShareIdealsExcellenceAccomplishCelebrateRecognitionWonderful ThingsWalks Of LifeTogether We CanDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Barack Obama
“One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention.” IfsGivingWritingBelieveStillsStoriesI BelieveAttentionOne ThingAngryCelebrateMy TimeSad Story Author:Sarah Kay
“I love story-writing because I can (more or less, on occasion) actually DO it. That's really the truth. I like the idea that a story is sort of a site for making cool language effects - a site for celebrating language, and, therefore, the world. And the brevity is part of the challenge. I like stories because I get them - I know how to make beauty, or something like beauty, in that mode.” KnowsWorldWritingI CanIdeasStoriesLanguageChallengesKnow HowEffectsLove StoryCelebrateOccasionsSiteBecause I CanBrevityStory Writing Author:George Saunders