To ‘let go’ sometimes makes us feel like losers because it means giving up what truly we felt we had a right to. But true strength lies in resisting the urge to hold onto things and people that bring us down.
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us down is because we believ... PETER MCWILLIAMS I told them, 'You know what? I'm wrong. I've thought all year we were good enough to go to state. I ... CHRIS CARLISLE It worked for a little while. We slowed every thing down, but it was too hard to hold onto the ball ... JAKE WALLS Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like ... MARILYN MANSON By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled ... JOHN POWELL We're a team and we go out there and we battle together, but when it comes down to it, the three gam... LUIS CASTILLO We feel what they've gone through having gone through it in 2002, ... Knowing that, we're not going ... EDWIN MULITALO You could feel the house tearing apart. We felt it when it picked us up, and we felt it when it put ... BETTY SISK It's okay for someone to let you win sometimes, you know,' he said, getting all serious. 'We don't a... JENNIFER BROWN It seems to me that we can’t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder a... SHARON CREECH I feel like MSHA let us down. They're supposed to protect us, but they let us down. KAY WARD Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
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J. TILLMAN I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was k... J. TILLMAN I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually mean... J. TILLMAN I play sad bastard music. For the money. J. TILLMAN There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music. J. TILLMAN Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angr... J. TILLMAN I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's ... J. TILLMAN With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be ... J. TILLMAN I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff... J. TILLMAN When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that... J. TILLMAN I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwrit... J. TILLMAN Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power. J. TILLMAN It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased. J. TILLMAN My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. J. TILLMAN I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop unt... J. COLE Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on ... J. COLE There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn'... J. COLE For Black Music Month, I would definitely want to celebrate Isaac Hayes. JUICY J I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant. J. COLE I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard. JESSIE J I have calmed down my look. Is it really necessary to wear all that jewelry and makeup at 7 A.M.? Wh... JESSIE J Time is the glue that bonds a broken heart, but love is the air which dries the glue. -J. Franklin. J. FRANKLIN I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long... J. COLE It's really important to me that my niece and nephews can come and see my show, as can my granda... JESSIE J The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delig... J. KRISHNAMURTI Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has n... J. SWARTZ I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres. JESSIE J People admire my confidence, but they never see me when I'm alone. That's when I'm the most raw beca... J. MERRIDEW There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it... J. STERLING We are your friends. It is the law of friendship that you tell us things you don’t want to tell us... J. LYNN Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. J. YAHL Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obsti... J. SWARTZ There is no end to relationship. There may be the end of a particular relationship, but relationship... J. KRISHNAMURTI Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mer... J. KRISHNAMURTI Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle. J. MASAI A bureaucrat is a person who cuts red tape sideways. J. MCCABE I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. J. HELLER Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with ... J. BARTLETT My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. J. BROTHERTON A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels o... J. HAWES