Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.
Humour allows people to exhale a little.
People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
I've accepted that we've all got crap to deal with and problems that we're fighting not to be defined by. At the end of the day, we all want the same stuff: fulfillment, love, support, comfort, and a hot-air balloon with laser guns attached to it. The most important thing is that we appreciate the crazy ride we're on.
My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's - if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.
Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.
Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.
Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally.
Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.
If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.
Sam in Garden State
3He who can make people laugh has to be taken seriously; all people with power know that.
Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.
I mean, they say dou die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: to think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
Alex Hitchens in Hitch
7The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.
What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.
I feel strongly that having a disability in one area makes you explore others instead.
The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.