quotes about Barely Getting By

“Believing that you must do something perfectly is a recipe for stress, and you'll associate that stress with the task and thus condition yourself to avoid it”

“We make patterns, we share moments.”

Source : Jenny Downham (2007). “Before I Die”, David Fickling Books

“The golden rule when reading the menu is, if you cannot pronounce it, you cannot afford it.”

“I love the fast lane.”

“But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help.”

“When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.”

“When people - everyday people who watch the coverage on CNN of Anita Sarkeesian having to cancel a speaking engagement due to death threats - think of “gamers,” they are going to think of you, and that irritates me. It enrages me. I want to punch down a wall, and I like my walls. They're nicely painted.”

“I'm really proud of the fact that anywhere, at any time, I can make music. A lot of people can't do that.”

“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”

“Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made.”