I say we haven't ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.
When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.
Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.
Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?
With all the things that you could be, you never could learn how to be me.
The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to do crafts or play guitar, brainstorming, and drinking coffee, really good coffee.
I walked away to get wisdom, but in the end I just walked home.
There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all.
. . . Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes. ' If you just can't make that work for you, refocus your attention. . . Turn your attention in a totally different direction for the time being. Replace the distressing thoughts with other ideas. Distract yourself.
People who don't like scandals shouldn't be in finance.
The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.