#your

'Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important. ↗

— Janis Ian

#child #doing #first #hard #i

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling. ↗

— Janis Ian

#first #first time #hear #moment #radio

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#best #better #decade #get #gets

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life. ↗

— Scott Ian

#certain things #deal #duh #life #really

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#fight #freedom #go #never #out

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#i #interested #java #platform #problem

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it. ↗

— Dean Inge

#get #life #paying #share #up

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#claim #every #give #human #human being

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#claim #every #giving #human #human being

The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years. ↗

— Aberjhani

#creativity #literature #national-poetry-month #poem-in-your-pocket-day #poetry