#t

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#body-image #self-esteem-or-lack-thereof #beauty

Southerners have never been afraid of seasoning. It's kind of the other way around; our seasoning is afraid of us. ↗

— Paula Deen

#around #been #kind #never #other

The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi. ↗

— Paula Deen

#bambi #because #deer #eating #go

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else. ↗

— Mos Def

#else #figure #focused #having #hustle

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. ↗

— Carl Jung

#awakes #inside #looks #outside #who

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#consistent #dream #goals #indeed #judgements

Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.... The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles which we are all so anxious not to see; like bringing a horse back and back to the fence it has refused to jump or bringing a child back and back to the bit in its lesson that it wants to shirk. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#morality #education

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work. ↗

— Mos Def

#i #low #own #people #personalities

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing. ↗

— Paula Deen

#especially #fruits #good #i #i love

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills. ↗

— Paula Deen

#afford #bills #bottle #cook #everybody