#som

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#because #career #deal #fortunate #had

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#dad #dated #end #guys #i

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do? ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#how #respect #something #stand #stand for something

My family is awesome. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#family

People see me as someone who doesn't take any crap from anyone - which I don't - but it's my shtick, and I obviously don't act like that all the time. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#any #anyone #crap #i #like

Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#among #came #change #consider #despite

My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#along #between #could #find #found

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bitter #extra #extra mile #feel #fuss

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#floats #forth #hope #image #onto

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#being #book #book tour #brother #crash