Jenni Quotes

Why couldn't I find one action that would make the need to binge automatically disappear? Because there is no magic action to make that horrible prebinge feeling go away. The cool thing is that we are designed so that the feeling will pass through us on its own - in time. All we have to do is sit there and feel what is going on inside of us. We must experience the feelings. To help us deal with the feelings, we can call someone on our support team. We can also express the feelings by focusing on our breath or even hitting a pillow. The important thing to remember is that no matter how terrible, feelings do pass. It takes patience and trust - not food ... ~ Jenni Schaefer

If I only could explain
How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain. ~ Jenni Johanna Toivonen

Grace of the Almighty, the Truth you can withstand all, the Hope life will get better, Love over everything, Peace which dwells within, Joy at life and all her ups and downs, and Brave - the ability to face it all without fear. ~ Jenni James

Recovery is about making room for the real me to exist. ~ Jenni Schaefer

When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry. ~ Jenni Rivera

Desperate people do foolish things, don't be one of them. ~ Jenni Young

Wow," she said. "That's one sweet pussy tattoo. Only you could make that look manly. ~ Jenni Moen

Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice. ~ Jenni Rivera

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself. ~ Jenni Rivera

I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and liking it, and now I love it. ~ Jenni Schaefer

The fact is, I love to feed other people. I love their pleasure, their comfort, their delight in being cared for. Cooking gives me the means to make other people feel better, which in a very simple equation makes me feel better. I believe that food can be a profound means of communication, allowing me to express myself in a way that seems much deeper and more sincere than words. My Gruyere cheese puffs straight from the oven say 'I'm glad you're here. Sit down, relax. I'll look after everything.'
- Ann Patchett, Dinner For One, Please, James ~ Jenni Ferrari-Adler

He sincerely was beautiful.His smile,his wit,his friendliness and ease,his laughter-they all exuded such beauty.How could one look at him and not think him wonderful? ~ Jenni James

It is indeed true that when the Word becomes flesh in the here and now it changes us. ~ Jenni Jessen

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects. ~ Jenni Rivera

Happiness is knowing those you love not only feel your love, but understand that love is unconditional. ~ Jenni Boyd

Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection. ~ Jenni Schaefer

Sometimes we have to focus on the small things to realise miracles do happen. ~ Jenni Boyd

Food is something I am going to have to face at least three times a day for the rest of my life. And I am not perfect. But one really bad day does not mean that I am hopeless and back at square one with my eating disorder. Olympic ice skaters fall in their quest for the gold. Heisman Trophy winners throw interceptions. Professional singers forget the words. And people with eating disorders sometimes slip back into an old pattern. But all of these individuals just pick themselves back up and do the next right thing. The ice skater makes the next jump. The football player throws the next pass. The singer finishes the song. And I am going to eat breakfast. ~ Jenni Schaefer

Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't. ~ Jenni Schaefer

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. ~ Jenni Rivera

During the meeting, Jenni paid attention only when they talked about killing zombies. ~ Rhiannon Frater

Pride is like a facade on the exterior of our souls. ~ Jenni Catron

When grown-ups hear a little dark door creaking in their hearts they turn the telly up. They slug a glass of wine. They tell the cat it was just a door creaking. The cat knows. It jumps down from the sofa and walks out of the room. When that little dark door in a heart starts to go click-clack click-clack click-clack click-clack so loudly and violently their chest shows an actual beat - well, then they say they've got bad cholesterol and they try to quit using butter, they begin to go for walks.
When the tiny dark door in her heart creaks open, she will walk right through it.
She will lie down and inside her own heart like a bird in the night. ~ Jenni Fagan

I am disabled
but I'm not my disability.
Disability is just
a little piece
of me but
it is not
my whole personality ~ Jenni Johanna Toivonen

When somebody elses happiness makes you happy, it means you are a person with a big heart. ~ Jenni Rivera

It doesn't bother me at all that some people think I am too outspoken. ~ Jenni Rivera

Jenni Fagan is the real thing, and The Panopticon is a real treat: maturely alive to the pains of maturing, and cleverly amused as well as appalled by what it finds in the world. ~ Andrew Motion

Interesting. Why would I tell him to call me 'Allie'? I was pretty sure that girl didn't even exist any more. ~ Jenni Moen

We never told on each other. That was an unspoken rule. ~ Jenni Rivera

Taking solitude in stride was a sign of strength and of a willingness to take care of myself. This meant - among other things - working productively, remembering to leave the house, and eating well. I thought about food all the time. I had a subscription to Gourmet and Food & Wine. Cooking for others had often been my way of offering care. So why, when I was alone, did I find myself trying to subsist on cereal and water? I'd need to learn to cook for one. ~ Jenni Ferrari-Adler

With Ed, I always pushed away the good and only heard the bad. Today, I let in the good. ~ Jenni Schaefer

You wonder when it's going to get easier for us, but it's not easy for anybody, Allie. Everyone has their shit. It's different shit for different people, but it's still all shit. Being able to deal with it... that's where greatness lies. And we're great. ~ Jenni Moen

It is vitally important that you prioritize your film and use your time and energy and resources to make it happen. Stop waiting for things to fall into place. Start doing things right now to make it happen. ~ Jenni Olson

Playboy offered me a lot to do their mag but I'm not even the sort to go topless on the beach. ~ Jenni Falconer

Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was doing right - and then do more of the right stuff. I needed to live more in the solution. ~ Jenni Schaefer

The girls changing in the gym watched her from the other side of the room the first time she went in, and one of the nuns was sitting there as well, just because Stella was there. They took her into a meeting in school and she had to say in advance that she wasn't a lesbian, or they wouldn't have let her even try to use the girls' changing room. They asked her if she was still a Christian. She explained that her family are not religious. They asked her what she knew of damnation. She asked them what they knew of autonomy. They asked her how she knew that word. She asked if they had met her mother. They said they would pray for her. She said it was not necessary. They asked if she might feel different in a few months, or if perhaps she would simply change for gym in the janitor's cupboard. She said she'd felt like this her whole life and no amount of praying was going to change it and she could use the janitor's cupboard to change, but she was a person, not a broom. They said she needed to find Jesus. She asked if it was like finding Wally? Only one nun knew what she meant. That little drawing in those old comic strips her mum had, when you look for the dweeby guy in the stripy hat. ~ Jenni Fagan

There was real plasure to be had eating ice cream out of container and pickles out of a glass jar, standing up at the counter. I wondered whether the cravings associated with pregnancy were really only a matter of women feeling empowered to admit their odd longings to their husbands, to ask another person to bring them the eccentric combinations they'd long enjoyed in private. ~ Jenni Ferrari-Adler

Before you judge another, imagine you're wearing their shoes. Take the time to visualise yourself walking down the same path that they travelled. Be honest with yourself. What decision would you make? ~ Jenni Boyd

Holding myself to perfectionistic standards, I used to think I had to become lifelong friends with everyone who entered my life. This was exhausting, and I now know it's not true. I believe the old saying that people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. (127) ~ Jenni Schaefer

[ ... ] You didn't think I'd let the backstabbing little hussy get away with it, did you? Not that I don't love Jenni, but she's the baby of the family, and she thinks she should get anything and everything she wants. Occasionally she has to be shown differently. ~ Linda Howard

My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too. ~ Jenni Rivera

The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up. ~ Jenni Rivera

Never underestimate the value of the ministry you have in the place where God has called you - even if it's "only" among your family and friends. - Jenni Davenport - ~ Gary Chapman

Ather than Eisenstein's fast and hard cutting, I like to hold the shot very still and for longer than we're accustomed to. For me personally as a viewer, this technique invariably causes me to have waves of emotions that I think arise from a profound form of mindful awareness and the feelings that go along with that. I am frequently brought to tears by this kind of existential cinematic technique. ~ Jenni Olson

Emerson once said, "The difference between a hero and a regular man is that a hero was braver five minutes longer. ~ Jenni Pulos

I wasn't going out easy. I was the gangsta bitch frrom Long Beach. The Rivera Rebel who never lost a fight. ~ Jenni Rivera

As while other passions in your life may, at some point, begin to bank their fires, the shared happiness of good homemade food can last as long as we do. ~ Jenni Ferrari-Adler

In my universe, when a dork like Oscar pushes up on a girl like Jenni, he usually gets bounced faster than your tía Daisy's rent checks, but Jenni must have had brain damage or been really into fat loser nerdboys, because by the end of February she was actually treating him all civil and shit. ~ Junot Diaz

I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later. ~ Jenni Rivera

Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have a backup plan for living. Live today. [ ... ] Trust in God. Believe in yourself. Get friends and family members to stand behind you. That's the only backup you'll need. ~ Jenni Schaefer

Ironically, this physically weak feeling signifies that I'm actually getting stronger. I know from my past that I will ultimately feel strong if I just sit with the feeling and experience it. ~ Jenni Schaefer

I'm a dead end, Adam." And at that moment, that was exactly how I felt inside ... a dead end. ~ Jenni Moen

You can always trust me. I will never judge you. ~ Jenni Rivera

I am the same as the public as my fans. ~ Jenni Rivera

Living and being alive were two entirely different things ~ Jenni Moen

'Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans. ~ Jenni Rivera

I'm not good for you, Allie," he whispered. "And you aren't good for me. ~ Jenni Moen

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future. ~ Jenni Rivera

Friendship includes talking others off their ledges, and letting them talk you off yours. - Jenni Davenport ~ Gary Chapman

...the child of a wolf may not feel like she has fangs until she finds herself facing the moon, but they are still there the whole time regardless. ~ Jenni Fagan

In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure - nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough fell into the failure category. Even above average meant failure if I received an 88 out of 100 percent on an exam, I felt that I failed. The fact is most things in life are not absolutes and have components of both good and bad. I used to think in absolute terms a lot: all, every, or never. I would all of the food (that is, binge), and then I would restrict every meal and to never eat again. This type of thinking extended outside of the food arena as well: I had to get all of the answers right on a test; I had to be in every extracurricular activity […] The 'if it's not perfect, I quit' approach to life is a treacherous way to live. […] I hadn't established a baseline of competence: What gets the job done? What is good enough? Finding good enough takes trial and error. For those of us who are perfectionists, the error part of trial and error can stop us dead in our tracks. We would rather keep chasing perfection than risk possibly making a mistake. I was able to change my behavior only when the pain of perfectionism became greater than the pain of making an error. […] Today good enough means that I'm okay just the way I am. I play my position in the world. I catch the ball when it is thrown my way. I don't always have to make the crowd go wild or get a standing ovation. It's good enough to just catch the ball or even to do my ~ Jenni Schaefer

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women. ~ Jenni Rivera

Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled me through. ~ Jenni Schaefer

I want people to have a new way of looking at the world when they leave the theater. ~ Jenni Olson

Certainly my films are cinematically unusual, and quite contemplative in their pacing compared to conventional films, but I think overall they are quite engaging, accessible, and even funny. ~ Jenni Olson

Everyone has their shit. It's different shit for different people, but it's still all shit. Being able to deal with it ... that's where greatness lies. ~ Jenni Moen

Wow. You really are the full cliché." "I am not a cliché!" sputtered. "A prom queen, valedictorian, Christian pregnancy is pretty damn cliché. ~ Jenni Hendriks

Just admit it, we were kind of ninjas back there. Me with the running and the climbing and the jumping. You with the standing and the putting the keys in the ignition. I guess it was mainly me who was the ninja. ~ Jenni Hendriks

Wallowing in self-pity was only warranted on rainy, dismal days. ~ Jenni James

Sometimes I felt lonely because I pushed people away for so long that I honestly didn't have many close connections left. I was physically isolated and disconnected from the world. Sometimes I felt lonely in a crowded room. This kind of loneliness pierced my soul and ached to the core. I not only felt disconnected from the world, but I also felt like no one ever loved me. Intellectually, I knew that people did, but I still felt that way. ~ Jenni Schaefer

We're meals on wheels," Jenni said with a bitter laugh. "Chewy center is what it's all about," Katie said gloomily. ~ Rhiannon Frater

Seek the good in life and life will be good to you. ~ Jenni Young

I choose when to die ~ Rhiannon Frater

Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career. ~ Jenni Rivera

I dinnae get people, like they all want to be watched, to be seen, like all the time. They put up their pictures online and let people they dinnae like look at them! And people they've never met as well, and they all pretend tae be shinier than they are – and some are even posting on like four sites; their bosses are watching them at work, the cameras watch them on the bus, and on the train, and in Boots, and even outside the chip shop. Then even at home – they're going online to look and see who they can watch, and to check who's watching them! ~ Jenni Fagan

She groaned and closed those eyes. "Do not look at me like that. You will make me smile, and I refuse to smile when I am attempting to stay mad at you. ~ Jenni James

My ass is big because a lot of people have to kiss it. ~ Jenni Rivera

I think I most definitely need a kiss.'
'Rumple!'She came up enough to see his mischievous eyes.
'What?'He blinked.'A man can dream,can he not? ~ Jenni James

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. ~ Jenni Rivera

I've been making 16mm urban landscape films about San Francisco for many years. I choose different nonfiction themes to investigate and am generally interested in surfacing lesser-known histories. I like to investigate and illuminate these histories, combining them with my own unconventional storytelling style, which is generally a stream-of-consciousness voiceover involving a steady stream of personal reflections on pining over unavailable women. ~ Jenni Olson

If he hits me, I'm going to hit him back. ~ Jenni Rivera

With or without my man, I was going to make them proud to have me as a mother. And I was going to make my parents proud, once again, to have me as a daughter. ~ Jenni Rivera

I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed's control. Then, when I really felt like giving up, I read these pages and realized that I was striving for in recovery was a real possibility. I thought about these experiences and used them as encouragement to keep moving forward. Even one minute of freedom was proof that I was getting better. At first, these times were few and far between. Now, these moments are connected; they are my life ~ Jenni Schaefer

As specimens go, they always get excited about me. I'm a good one. A show-stopper. I'm the kind of kid they'll still enquire about ten years later. Fifty-one placements, drug problems, violence, dead adopted mum, no biological links, constant offending. Tick, tick, tick. I lure them in to being with. Cultivate my specimen face. They like that. Do-gooders are vomit-worthy. Damaged goods are dangerous. The ones that are in it cos the thought it would be a step up from an office job are tedious. The ones who've been in too long lose it. The ones who think they've got the Jesus touch are fucking insane. The I can save you brigade are particularly radioactive. They think if you just inhale some of their middle-classism, then you'll be saved. ~ Jenni Fagan

The pathogen-free pig is considered a possible candidate, ~ Jenni Ogden

I'd given her my heart, and she'd given it back. Trouble was, I didn't want it. I had no need for it if it wasn't connected to her. ~ Jenni Moen

Because this is the most fun I've had since I dropped acid on our field trip to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum. ~ Jenni Hendriks

Pause and remember - When you fight reality, you will lose every time. Once you accept the situation for what it truly is, not what you want it to be, you are then free to move forward. - Jenni Young ~ Bryant McGill

What does an introvert do when he's left alone? He stays alone. ~ Jenni Ferrari-Adler

Clowns are vicious
they're all nefarious grins
and if you hung out with a bunch of clowns in a bar, pretty soon it would turn into a horror movie. Nefarious means evil. It's nothing to do with Rastas. ~ Jenni Fagan

My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on. ~ Jenni Rivera

I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never thought I was going to be a singer myself. ~ Jenni Rivera

In my family they always called me "unbreakable", and I never wanted to shatter this image of myself. On the outside I kept my head up and maintained my tough girl image. However inside I was dying. ~ Jenni Rivera

I definitely find the technical aspects of post-production generally quite overwhelming. ~ Jenni Olson

He followed her lead quick enough,and they were soon swaying together, allowing the moment and their hearts to heal what the other could not ~ Jenni James