"Growing up I wasn’t sure I was female. As I grew further I wanted to be a lesbian but I wasn’t sure I would meet even the most basic membership criteria (though eventually I created a ‘femme dyke’ persona that worked well for over fifteen years). It wasn’t until my early twenties that I was sure of at least one thing: I was an artist. Quite an accomplishment for anyone assigned female at birth in a culture that calls only male artists ‘great’."

-- Del LaGrace Volcano

#Growing Up Quotes #Artist Quotes #Years Quotes

“Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.”
“I actually have two children now, and sometimes I wonder if that's it. Because they do make writing and directing more complicated and more difficult, especially now that they're very young.”
“Listening better. Caring more. Being there. Its not big changes, but the little ones in our daily lives that make all the difference. With little ways to love more, big things happen”

Source : FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Oct 16, 2013
“I have decided that now is not the right time for me to run for the leadership - though I remain completely committed to ensuring we secure our position as a great trading nation with sensible controls on migration. I believe that Theresa May has the strength, judgment and values to deliver those things.”

Source : "Theresa May launches Tory leadership bid with pledge to unite country" by Jessica Elgot and Rowena Mason, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.
“On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.”

Source : "Interrogating the NY Times’ Anthony Shadid". Interview with Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. January 26, 2012.
“I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.”
“Increasingly, the picture of our society as rendered in our media is illusionary and delusionary: disfigured, unreal, out of touch with reality, disconnected from the true context of our life. It is disfigured by celebrity, by celebrity worship, by gossip, by sensationalism, by denial of our societies”
“Just as you must eat, drink, and breathe to live, you must read the Bible, pray, and be involved in a church to stay spiritually alive and vital. You never will outgrow these things.”

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