"When I was growing up, I grew up in church--my father was a pastor--so when I was growing up in Trinidad, I'd close all the windows in the church and go in the church every day after school and get a little microphone and pretend all these people were in the pews, and I would sing to them."

-- Heather Headley

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #School Quotes

“I was in just the right generation to have taken feminism seriously by osmosis - also the generation when the breakdown of the family really began and for whom The Smiths were something new and essential.”
“Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.”
“America, I appreciate you liking me.”
“To carry timber into the wood. [Lat., In silvam ligna ferre.]”
“You have this one life. How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after people who don't see you? Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud.”
“In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war. The crises of hunger and disease. The crisis of the destruction of democracy.”
“A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.”
“A black belt is a white belt who never quits!”

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