And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.
What if you believed that everything in life was like a prize? What if you thought of the world as a big random drawing, and you were always winning things, the world offering them up with a big grin, like an emcee's: Here you go, Hollis. Here is a motorcycle. Here is a little boy who loves you. Here is a weird experience, here is something bad that you should mull over because it will make you a better person. What if you could think that life was this free vacation you'd won, and you won just because you happened to be alive?
She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.
I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.
Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.
I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person.
Yoga probably makes me a better person.
I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have to realize that my career started on a down. I got ripped off a Gold Medal at the Olympics but it didn't stop me and it made me a better person.
You can't describe the feeling of being in love - when you meet someone who makes you a better person.
The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.
I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.
Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody.
Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person.
And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.
The main message of it is to not get stagnant and that God wants us to continue to grow and become a better person.
Art is art. You can take it or leave it. Liking it or not liking it does not make you a better person, and who you like or dislike results in the same thing.
My new single 'I'm Gonna show you crazy' is really about knowing it's okay to not be okay. It's not about being legit crazy it's about feeling like you're an outsider and there's nothing wrong with that. I was bitter during that time in my life but I needed that. It helped shaped me and my music. Going through a hard time makes you a better person. Going through hell those two years was worth it.
Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about this process. I joke about it: My kids have made me a better person, and I only need, like, 34 more of them to be a really good guy.
I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!
Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it allows me to take a deep breath and work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person.
If I die unexpectedly can everyone just do the right thing and pretend I was a way better person than I am?
Le Mans is such a great race because you can never do anything alone. You have to work as a team member. And being a team member makes you a better person.
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.
It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.
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