#rin

The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years. ↗

— Paula Deen

#bed #calculate #calories #consuming #did

We have made a commitment to feed 20-million people over the next two years. We are somewhere around 10 million. But I can promise you that we are not going to stop at 20 million. Because hunger, there is almost no cure for it. You can take care of the problem today, but it is a recurring problem. ↗

— Paula Deen

#around #because #care #commitment #cure

When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people. ↗

— Paula Deen

#destroy #done #earth #feeling #felt

Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse. ↗

— Morris Dees

#caring #enough #lawsuits #our #people

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. ↗

— Mos Def

#art #cheering #collect #dormant #functional

I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting. ↗

— Dana Delany

#am #being #brings #camera #figure

Ask any woman and she'll tell you: health care for women is more expensive than it is for men. In fact, during their reproductive years, women spend 68% more on health care than men do. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#ask #care #during #expensive #fact

People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#drinking #hype #letting #make #mistake

Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States. ↗

— Martin Denny

#back #columbia #contract #course #depression

The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there. ↗

— James Denton

#biggest #biggest surprise #erin #marriage #our