#actual

Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#self-actualization #self-image #life

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#existentialism #follow-your-bliss #self-actualization #self-determination #life

I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout within itself. It's very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#down #easier #feeding #find #i

Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#because #depth #favorite #kind #lacks

You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#american #culture #grew #indians #know

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#actually #american #american writers #areas #call

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned? ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#country #crime #decline #instance #leading

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#leadership #our #power #press #undermine

We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We've always had a very tight knit community. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#always #because #community #felt #friends

I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#actually #ago #around #bit #did