#iving

My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#good #living #only #parents #really

I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches. ↗

— Helen Suzman

#am #creature #end #frail #get

I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life. ↗

— Janet Suzman

#attention #because #even #exhilarating #find

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#anvil #everyday #hammered #honed #living

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#free #information #kind #life #living

With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living. ↗

— Gay Talese

#describe #dialogue #i #living #move

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone. ↗

— Amy Tan

#extreme #gift #giving #privilege #someone

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#advanced age #after #age #apparently #birth

Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#after #among #anguish #birth #copy

As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#important #important thing #living #long #people