“Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingHelpingDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingOrganizationInstitutionsEducationalMaking A DifferenceScholarshipEducational Institutions Author:David Rubenstein
“That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.” KnowsTryingDifferentEndsSongChallengesGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulTalentSongwriters Author:Margaret Whiting
“Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try, you are growing. It's not as if you have to meditate perfectly to make progress.” IfsTryingYearsPracticeMeditationGrowingProgressBuddhismFrustrated Author:Frederick Lenz
“I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.” TryingPlaySongGrowing UpGrowingBandGuitarPiano Author:Page McConnell
“That's what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there's still some life and light left in the universe. It's more than just a religious story. The days have been growing shorter, imperceptibly but inescapably darker.... Heading into the night of the winter solstice, every spiritual tradition has some kind of festival of light. We're all just whistling in the dark, hoping against hope that someone up there will see these little Hanukkah candles and get the hint.” TryingKindLittlesHas BeensStillsStoriesLightSpiritualNightUniverseLeftReligiousDarkDarknessGrowingTraditionWinterCandleFestivalsHintsHeadingsWhistlingHanukkahSolsticeWinter Solstice Book:I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego Source: I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego
“When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do something beautiful, and then I just wasn't good enough. But I've learned that I was also on the outside - wanting more challenge by living in that more conventional world.” WorldTryingHardEnoughBeautifulChallengesGrowing UpGrowingKeysI've LearnedGood EnoughConventionalSomething BeautifulWanting MoreTrying Too Hard Author:Jenny Hval