#lon

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#decided #desperate #find #fit #grew

In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#also #am #aunts #cousins #daughter

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#attitude #both #come #generate #good attitude

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#backward #cannot #china #democracy #freedom

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#difficult #eastern #european #european countries #example

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#am #amity #between #chinese #committed

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#chinese #civilization #culture #history #i

As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab. ↗

— Kendrick Lamar

#grab #how #i #i can #limit

Loneliness comes with life. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#life #loneliness

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#am #another #being #encourage #excellent