When I was young, I had idols that I thought were wonderful. I wanted to be just like them.
You can touch lives or you can be a quitter.
My mom always tells me that. . . Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will remember you for the character you have off the court and how many lives you're changed.
God has really blessed me. He could've allowed me to keep playing, but instead he saved my life.
You can make it your excuse, or you can make it your story.
I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.
Even a meaningless life may contain many good breakfasts.
If you sit in on a film class with students, their big complaint is "That's not like real life. " They don't realize that they don't really want to watch real life. They don't want to sit and watch a security camera. There's a strong gravity in all of us as viewers - even in myself now and then - to want to see real life depicted. But you're looking for it in the wrong places. It's in little allegories, in something removed.
When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.