Ultimately, we measure ourselves against our own ideas of idealism and perfection, and we don't always come very close to them.
My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.
My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.
I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.
By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.
When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.
I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.
Being immersed in the fashion world is very addicting. I have to admit, at first, it was really overwhelming and I would get stressed about putting things together. Now, it's like trying to figure out a puzzle piece, and I love that.
Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.
Does G get angry because it follows F in the alphabet? Does page 68 in a book start a revolution because it follows 67?