“Certainly survival is important- very important- but at some point surviving wasn't enough. I felt ready to complete my surviving journey and start thriving and just living.” ImportantEnoughFeltJourneyReadySurvivalSurviving Author:Sark
“The concept of emotional or spiritual survival has an honorable history, but it does invite self-indulgence. In my own case, the worst I ever survived was severe personal and political confusion, the temptation to various sorts of craziness and a couple of bad acid trips. It felt pretty horrendous at the time, and some of it was even dangerous, but Auschwitz it wasn't.” DoeSelfSpiritualPoliticalFeltMy OwnCasesWorstDangerousEmotionalCoupleSurvivalConceptsVariousConfusionTemptationInvitesSurvivedHonorableSevereIndulgenceAcidCrazinessAuschwitzSelf IndulgenceAcid Trip Book:Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll Source: Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll
“A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually was just a matter of survival for many years, and I felt it was really important for me to be able to say whatever I wanted with my street art and fine art.” PeopleYearsArtImportantMatterAbleWantedArtistFeltStreetsFineSurvivalDecidedStudiosCashFine ArtsStreet Art Author:Shepard Fairey
“I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.” KnowsImportantPainSpeakFeltWalksShareDutySurvivalRainIntenseTriumphSpeak The Truth Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.” LostFeltCausesAbilityWalksSituationSurvivalFingersLiftsSentimentalityLost Cause Author:Steig Larsson
“I know what I did to you was so wrong, but at the time it also felt so necessary to my survival. I don't know if those two things can both be true, but that's how it was.” IfsKnowsTwoFeltSurvivalBeing TrueTwo Things Author:Gayle Forman
“I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the beginning of wisdom, as is was indispensable for survival.” HumanityFeltLevelsGreaterHigherSurvivalLaughterReachingInstructionIndispensableManualsHigher Level Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“I always felt that I had anxiety of survival in terms of livelihood even when I was making plenty of money.” FeltTermAnxietySurvivalPlentyMaking MoneyLivelihood Author:Leonard Baskin
“That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.” ThinkingWellsImportantDoneMomentsMotivationalPoliticalMotivationFeltDealsLeaderFiguresSurvivalTradeWorthyThat MomentTrade Offs Author:Mary McDonnell
“I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.” KnowsDoneShowsFeltKnow HowHavensSurvivalCriticsFinished Author:Vic Morrow