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At 55 I think I'm almost ready to grow up a bit - stay young at heart, be open to possibilities and play when you can


Alan B Jones

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Thy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
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So open your eyes
Stay young at heart.
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RUTH B I went to my first drum n' bass rave when I was 16 and remember being terrified. Looking around,...
KATY B Peter Pan is kind of this metaphor for someone or something that makes you feel at home, that brings...
RUTH B Her eyes were the color of whiskey and grace. Moments with her always felt like getting drunk on Sun...
B. DEVINE My brother and I do trivia quizzes all the time.
RUTH B This morning after yoga, I laid in the grass and watched the white clouds go by as the Earth turned ...
ERIKA B. What I wanted to make sure of is that I wasn't just tagged as a Viner.
RUTH B How lonely it is!
To be drowning,
in a place
where everyone can swim.
B. DAMANI There's a depth in you that has yet been discovered.
Abyssal and buried
it terrifies your ...
B. YOUNGZ I’d likte to welcome you to the land of free, where healthy, wealthy, happy people contribute to t...
B. BARMANBEK In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the ...
B. BARMANBEK She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.
B. BARMANBEK May you have the courage to choose love over hate.
LETA B. I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; sh...
KATY B I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up ...
FELICITY JONES Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poet...
QUINCY JONES It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows...
SHIRLEY JONES I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical natur...
JEFFREY JONES I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ...
GEORGE JONES I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
TAYARI JONES Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
TAYARI JONES Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.
TAYARI JONES My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the c...
TAYARI JONES I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I star...
TAYARI JONES I do have a sister - I have two sisters.
TAYARI JONES When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an e...
TAYARI JONES I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
TAYARI JONES I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
TAYARI JONES I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, whe...
TAYARI JONES When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catc...
TAYARI JONES I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field o...
TAYARI JONES I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 ho...
TAMALA JONES I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
TAMALA JONES I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
TAMALA JONES The expectations were low for 'Castle;' people thought we'd be one season and done.
TAMALA JONES