“One of the biggest things I've done is learn how to love myself, flaws and all. Even the things I don't like about myself, I accept. People have made fun of me and made me self-conscious about talking so softly, for example, but I accept that as who I am and I'm not changing it for anybody. I'm at peace with who I am now, and once you've achieved that, all the other stuff disappears.” PeopleMadeSelfDoneFunStuffTalkingAcceptingExampleConsciousDisappearWho I AmFlawsSelf ConsciousHow To LoveLove Myself Author:Ricky Williams
“I am angry at the Jews for many things... If you want to take the example of America, how they hold the power, the economical power in so many ways, and the press and the other kind of stuff... I never realized how it happened and they came to control the media to that point. Why?” IfsWayWantKindAmericaStuffHappenedMediaExampleAngryPressesJew Author:Oriana Fallaci
“I think the celebrity author trend reflects, at least in part, the growing influence of marketing departments at publishing companies. The emphasis becomes on the easy sell, as opposed to finding the best quality and writing and illustrating. There are exceptions (I like John Lithgow's stuff, for example), but a lot of it is putrid, and the best of it is often ghostwritten. Save the ink. Save the trees. Save our brain cells.” ThinkingWritingEasyStuffBrainQualityCompanyGrowingTreeInfluenceExampleFindingsSellsMarketingCellsDepartmentExceptionTrendsPublishingEmphasisInkBrain CellsIllustrating Author:Jabari Asim
“If I had not lived the life I had lived and did not have the wife I have and the children I have, I would never know how to play that role [of Dr. Bedsloe], and I wouldn't have any of those qualities. It's a real example of how it is true that the camera catches everything. Even the stuff you're trying to hide.” IfsKnowsTryingChildrenRealPlayStuffQualityRolesKnow HowWifeExampleCamerasDrs Author:Kurt Fuller
“When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is just not as good because you feel so bad. I've heard of people right on the verge of suicide coming up with some of their best work. I wish I could think of an example, other than Van Gogh, perhaps!” PeopleThinkingFeelsWishStuffHeardExampleSuicideIntenseBlockVansFacilityBest WorkVergeWriter's BlockBad Stuff Author:John Fogerty
“If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.” PeopleIfsEndsHardGovernmentStuffClassImpossibleMiddleExampleProgramMiddle ClassReceivingEntitlementBack AgainEntitlement Programs Author:Fred Thompson