#pre

My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen. ↗

— John Hughes

#early #embarrassing #presbyterian #prose #sort

I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?' ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#always #body #good #had #hey

I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#anorexic #big #big enough #body #boobs

I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#also #away #before #causes #crisis

The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#experiences #fat #gone #i #life

You learn pretty fast that there is no magic solution to poverty. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#learn #magic #poverty #pretty #solution

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#because #dealing #depression #experience #had

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#baby #breaking #depression #down #i

For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#around #bike #blades #canada #experiences

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#anything #dream #medal #olympic #olympic medal