#taught

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#back #beautiful #because #confront #death

I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#around #better #come #doing #family

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework. ↗

— Bil Keane

#cartoonists #day #doing #draw #homework

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. ↗

— Toby Keith

#age #prayer #serenity #taught #us

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence. ↗

— Anna Torv

#had #i #me #mother #self-confidence

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#away #been #behavior #blown #blown away

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#between #children #difference #handing #over

The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything. ↗

— Claire Trevor

#build #everything #how #knew #star

Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers. ↗

— Zack Wamp

#making #matter #may #must #our

He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything - his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#came #everything #first #his #how