#rent

Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. ↗

— Otis Rush

#differently #feel #how #nobody #take

There is a sort of mental treason That smothers dreams outside of reason ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line. ↗

— Bernie Sanders

#below #child #current #federal #full-time

Having kids - the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings - is the biggest job anyone can embark on. As with any risk, you have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of wonderful people for their help and guidance. I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to parent. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#faith

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. ↗

— Hodding Carter

#bequests #children #give #hope #lasting

Comic art is just different. It's art on its own terms. ↗

— Joe Simon

#comic #different #just #own #terms

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi) ↗

— Eve Ensler

#being-alive #being-different #difference #intensity #love

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#aging #children #marriage #maturity #parenting

Women artists are still treated differently from men. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#differently #men #still #treated #women

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#always #better #inherent #instinct #others