Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...“Although I cannot move, and have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.”
-Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who has lived with Lou Gehrig's Disease for 49 years.
"I was just saying, 'Man trust your speed. Trust your speed. Don't cut back. Don't cut back.'"
-Pittsburgh Steeler Willis McGahee, watching his teammate Demaryius Thomas run to the end zone in the longest overtime touchdown in football playoff history.
"I had the height of a supermodel, breasts that were naturally big and real, and a God-given shape. Why would I feel insecure about that?"
-Jennifer Hudson, on being a "big girl" in Hollywood.
"I thought yoga was fruity... I underestimated it. That yoga stuff is the bomb."
-A patient at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, where a holistic approach to addiction recovery includes yoga.
"You thought I didn't really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you."
-Store manager Kristen Wolfe, writing to a teenager who stuck up for his little brother in her store.
-Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who has lived with Lou Gehrig's Disease for 49 years.
"I was just saying, 'Man trust your speed. Trust your speed. Don't cut back. Don't cut back.'"
-Pittsburgh Steeler Willis McGahee, watching his teammate Demaryius Thomas run to the end zone in the longest overtime touchdown in football playoff history.
"I had the height of a supermodel, breasts that were naturally big and real, and a God-given shape. Why would I feel insecure about that?"
-Jennifer Hudson, on being a "big girl" in Hollywood.
"I thought yoga was fruity... I underestimated it. That yoga stuff is the bomb."
-A patient at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, where a holistic approach to addiction recovery includes yoga.
"You thought I didn't really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you."
-Store manager Kristen Wolfe, writing to a teenager who stuck up for his little brother in her store.
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
“She was genuine, humble, strong and true.”
-Paula Radcliffe remembering distance running champ Grete Waitz.
"I was just thinking, alright, I should just think of what ifs."
-How a Michigan teenager stayed calm, hiding under her bed while her house was robbed.
"There will definitely be change, good and positive change."
-China Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, reacting to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
"...she is basically the kind of woman who loses her mind if a traffic jam keeps her from getting to yoga class and doesn't see the contradiction in that. There are a lot of us women out there, but she is the first to get her own show."
-Mary McNamara, writing about personal transformation narratives and Laura Dern's character on the television series "Enlightened."
“She was genuine, humble, strong and true.”
-Paula Radcliffe remembering distance running champ Grete Waitz.
"I was just thinking, alright, I should just think of what ifs."
-How a Michigan teenager stayed calm, hiding under her bed while her house was robbed.
"There will definitely be change, good and positive change."
-China Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, reacting to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
"...she is basically the kind of woman who loses her mind if a traffic jam keeps her from getting to yoga class and doesn't see the contradiction in that. There are a lot of us women out there, but she is the first to get her own show."
-Mary McNamara, writing about personal transformation narratives and Laura Dern's character on the television series "Enlightened."
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
"Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet."
-2011 CNN Hero of the Year "Mother Robin," whose clinic provides prenatal care to poor Indonesian women.
"It's over.
-Meryl Streep, on her career as an actress—20 years ago.
"It's about putting her in a position where she can be her own boss and learn early about business."
-Ludacris, on the educational website he created for his ten-year-old daughter.
"We've tried to take that black rainbow and make it brighter."
-Yoshiomi Tamai, on the piece of child's artwork that inspired him to open healing centers for orphans all across Japan.
"Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet."
-2011 CNN Hero of the Year "Mother Robin," whose clinic provides prenatal care to poor Indonesian women.
"It's over.
-Meryl Streep, on her career as an actress—20 years ago.
"It's about putting her in a position where she can be her own boss and learn early about business."
-Ludacris, on the educational website he created for his ten-year-old daughter.
"We've tried to take that black rainbow and make it brighter."
-Yoshiomi Tamai, on the piece of child's artwork that inspired him to open healing centers for orphans all across Japan.
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
"Don't read your reviews— the bad ones hurt too much and the good ones make you weak.”
-Joan Rivers’ advice to comedian Louis CK.
"Media is killing our daughters' ambition and destroying empathy in our sons. Let’s demand a media that uplifts us all."
-Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the filmmaker behind the documentary Miss Representation, speaking at TEDxWomen last week.
-Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi, on trying to meditate while under house arrest.
"Don't read your reviews— the bad ones hurt too much and the good ones make you weak.”
-Joan Rivers’ advice to comedian Louis CK.
"Media is killing our daughters' ambition and destroying empathy in our sons. Let’s demand a media that uplifts us all."
-Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the filmmaker behind the documentary Miss Representation, speaking at TEDxWomen last week.
"If we want to understand plants, and their minds, we need to
start not with computation, but with the fact that they are alive."
-Alva Noë, writing about whether or not plants have minds.
"Like health itself, the loss of such a thing can’t be
imagined until it occurs."
-Writer Christopher Hitchens on losing his voice to cancer.
-Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi, on trying to meditate while under house arrest.
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
"There are no limits. There are absolutely no limits and I started to dream big again.”
-The Biggest Loser winner Ali Vincent on losing over half her body weight.
"It's great that you get to go out and actually save someone’s life, hopefully, or at least make a difference to someone, you know. When you know that they’re in trouble, you do everything you can to get there."
-Prince William, who helped to rescue two stranded sailors this weekend, on working with the Royal Air Force's Search and Rescue Force.
"There are no limits. There are absolutely no limits and I started to dream big again.”
-The Biggest Loser winner Ali Vincent on losing over half her body weight.
"It's great that you get to go out and actually save someone’s life, hopefully, or at least make a difference to someone, you know. When you know that they’re in trouble, you do everything you can to get there."
-Prince William, who helped to rescue two stranded sailors this weekend, on working with the Royal Air Force's Search and Rescue Force.
"It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well
behaved."
-Sarah Jessica Parker, on trying to not to be a diva, in
Marie Claire. .
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
"Literature is hands down the sharpest tool in the shed for conveying the feeling of being lost in one’s own skin, one’s own life."
-Susan Salter Reynolds, via W. W. Norton & Company's Tumblr
"It's affected me. It's changed me. It's melted this hard, icy heart."
-"The Help" star Viola Davis, on the film's story of intertwining lives.
"The agreement between perpetrator and victim in which the victim agrees to remain silent because he's in fear. I wanted to write about it."
-Former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond on why he wrote about being abused as a child in his memoir.
"I always say that kids and siblings often 'love hard.'"
-Soleil Moon Frye, TV's "Punky Brewster" and the author of Happy Chaos, talking about parenting on the TODAY show.
"It hit me all of a sudden that these were the type of people that look after us and our freedom... Humble, concerned for others before themselves... This was the type of person our Marine Corps was building. I was really blown away."
-Justin Timberlake, on attending the Marine Corp Ball (with a marine who asked him to accompany her via YouTube).
"Literature is hands down the sharpest tool in the shed for conveying the feeling of being lost in one’s own skin, one’s own life."
-Susan Salter Reynolds, via W. W. Norton & Company's Tumblr
"It's affected me. It's changed me. It's melted this hard, icy heart."
-"The Help" star Viola Davis, on the film's story of intertwining lives.
"The agreement between perpetrator and victim in which the victim agrees to remain silent because he's in fear. I wanted to write about it."
-Former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond on why he wrote about being abused as a child in his memoir.
"I always say that kids and siblings often 'love hard.'"
-Soleil Moon Frye, TV's "Punky Brewster" and the author of Happy Chaos, talking about parenting on the TODAY show.
"It hit me all of a sudden that these were the type of people that look after us and our freedom... Humble, concerned for others before themselves... This was the type of person our Marine Corps was building. I was really blown away."
-Justin Timberlake, on attending the Marine Corp Ball (with a marine who asked him to accompany her via YouTube).
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by..
“We all—in the end—die in medias res. In the middle of a story...Steve’s final words were: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW. “
-Novelist Mona Simpson, eulogizing her brother, Steve Jobs.
"It didn't matter who she had once been or what she had once believed. Here was a wife and mother prepared to do anything for her family.'
-Daryle Lamont Jenkins, who runs anti-hate group One People's Project, on why he helped former white supremacists get racist tattoos removed.
“For all the people out there that have that hate in their heart, they need to let it go because people are going to be who there are.”
-A mother defending her son after he was assaulted for being gay.
“[The show] definitely showed me personally that there’s so much more to be gained from sharing.”
-Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung-Chee on competition and collaboration
"That's what Halloween is: an entire 'Wow, I'm so glad I had kids' day.'"
-Bill Simmons, "The Sports Guy," on costumes, candy, and celebrating Halloween.
Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by..
"All I want is for her to live, I don't care if she injured or not. It doesn't matter, I just want her alive."
-Turkish air force Lieutenant Onur Eryasar, who saved his fiancee from Sunday's deadly earthquake.
"The mind is like a flower: it needs constant nurturing."
-Gary M., New York Public Library patron.
"I think each person has to find their own sort of way and journey."
-Keris Myrick, on learning how to live with schizophrenia.
"Isn't that what mothers do? They are supposed to protect their children from the pains of their lives."
-Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee on her family's surprise at the events detailed in her book.
"All I want is for her to live, I don't care if she injured or not. It doesn't matter, I just want her alive."
-Turkish air force Lieutenant Onur Eryasar, who saved his fiancee from Sunday's deadly earthquake.
"The mind is like a flower: it needs constant nurturing."
-Gary M., New York Public Library patron.
"I think each person has to find their own sort of way and journey."
-Keris Myrick, on learning how to live with schizophrenia.
"Isn't that what mothers do? They are supposed to protect their children from the pains of their lives."
-Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee on her family's surprise at the events detailed in her book.
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