When a person only knows abuse, they shift their whole emotional and spiritual life into the context of that abuse. If all you've ever known is to be hurt by the one that pretends to love you, then many times you go to the one who hurts you for love.
I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.
I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.
I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.
I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
I'm a 27-year-old freshman, and returning to college after a seven-year break from high school was by far the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use.
Life is the ultimate right.
I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.
Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.
I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.
I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun.
But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.
My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.
One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for the good of all. In any small way I hope to someday bring people together like Dr. King.
I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start out as one.
I've never been a big nightlife person. I have a pretty low-key life.
I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.
I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women.
My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.
Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?
Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.
When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.
Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.
I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
