Namatovu Brenda Quotes

No matter how far you are in a tunnel there will always be light at the end ~ Brenda Cas

Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to. ~ Brenda Shoshanna

I pull over a colored guy who's driving, probably stoned, with his kids in the car! I smell marijuana! Out of the blue, this scumbag tells me he's got a gun and a license to carry. Why does he tell me that? Does he plan to shoot me?
"Show me your hands, I tell him. He ignores me, Brenda! He reaches down into his pocket. Is he reaching for the gun? Why won't he show me his hands? He's not 'the black guy' or 'the white guy,' dammit! He's the guy with the fucking gun! ~ Mark M. Bello

He said he'd heard the sound of one hand clapping. He said, once his mind took in the wondrous no-sound of holy oneness, the empty echo of eternal bliss, he was never the same. He could hear it still, he said, resounding in the ether and tickling the back of his brain.
Something not normal was going on with his brain. No argument there. ~ Brenda Marie Smith

Your motto: Be Bold, Be Free, Be Truthful. ~ Brenda Ueland

If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become convinced that they are right (though you are not to be ashamed or discouraged for a minute, but keep on writing). ~ Brenda Ueland

Although I wasn't there to bear witness, I imagine Lot's wife scanned the masses for her children. Perhaps she sought out the curves of their mouths and the shapes of their faces, trying to memorize her children, grown now. She looked back as I and any strong, loving mother would have done. ~ Brenda Sutton Rose

The woman who emerged had to be eight feet tall. Her hair was every shade of purple, piled in buns and hanging in braids, and all of it sprinkled with gems like stars. ~ Brenda Cooper

I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer. ~ Brenda Song

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can. ~ Brenda Lee

She still doesn't trust my motives?" He was grinning now. ~ Brenda Hiatt

Rule 1: Eat more fat (healthy fat) to reduce silent inflammation. Rule 2: Eat living foods every day to balance the gut. ~ Brenda Watson

We had nine pails of candy for Halloween, now we are down to one. They go for a lot of the candy mixes. I think that they buy them for themselves sometimes. ~ Brenda V. Smith

Maybe, like Bibi's mashed potatoes, life has special ingredients, too - times that make it more special - stuff that gives it more zing" -Violet ~ Brenda Woods

Being a parent is one of the best, stressful, guilty, rewarding, sad, happy, frustrating, cherished, disgusting, fun, ridiculous, time consuming, joyful, maddening, worrisome, hectic, magical, nostalgic, second guessing, warm, cuddly, thing one can spend the rest of their life doing. I wouldn't have it any other way! ~ Brenda Lochinger

Find what makes you happy and do it often ~ Brenda Kay Winters

The great artists ... do not want security, egoistic or materialistic. ~ Brenda Ueland

reached up and opened the top button of his shirt. "I am not getting married." "Not before a first date, anyway," Forrest teased. "You know me, Forrest. I don't do commitment." "I used to think that was true," his brother admitted. "But the last six months with Bennett have proven ~ Brenda Harlen

We're at once alone and in close company: this is the great gift of the novel, the element that makes reading more than a solitary pastime. We sit within another's person. ~ Brenda Walker

Never miss a good chance to shut up. ~ Brenda Novak

Brenda had been the landlady of the Pied Horse for twenty years and, as Jack, the village grocer, came in every single day, she knew just how cantankerous, stubborn and mean-spirited he could be. It was a common knowledge that his older daughter, Emily, had left home after a beating and had never been home since. His wife, Mary, was a sweet-natured woman who was well liked by everyone, but she was a bag of nerves and too weak to stand up to such a bully. ~ Lesley Pearse

All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are. ~ Brenda Shoshanna

Friends tell you what you want to hear," Dani said. "Real friends tell you what you need to hear. ~ Brenda Rothert

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years. ~ Brenda Blethyn

Are you aware that Jesus Christ can spell? I get so tired of you spelling every slang and cuss word that crosses your mind, as though you are pulling one over on the Lord. ~ Brenda Sutton Rose

And if you're in trouble, say, 'It's hot in here.'
When we hear those words from either of you, we're busting inside the place. So for fuck's sake, don't say that just because it's warm in his house. ~ Brenda Rothert

Unconditional love is a love that says to a child, "I love who you are no matter what, even though I may not ~ Brenda Schaeffer

My mama steps out of her dress
and drops it, an inheritance falling to my feet.
She stands alone: bathed, blooming,
burdened with nothing of this world.
Her body is naked and beautiful,
her wings gray and scorched,
her brown eyes piercing the brown of mine.
I watch her departure, her flapping wings:
She doesn't look back, not even once,
not even to whisper my name ~ Brenda Sutton Rose

I think whenever you have a product you are always trying to improve it. Whether it is a commercial project out on the market or it's a creative collaboration, you are always looking to keep you audiences more engaged. ~ Brenda Strong

If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves - and often beautiful. ~ Brenda Peterson

Taste good?" Brenda asked as she dug into her own food.
"Please. I'd push my own mom down the stairs to eat this stuff," Thomas said.
"I'd kill your mother for something fresh out of a garden. A nice salad."
"Guess my mom doesn't have much of a chance if she's ever standing between us and a grocery store."
"Guess not. ~ James Dashner

The service had reminded her of the meaning of Christmas and given her a sense of peace. It had also reminded her of the baby she carried and the hope that having a child brought into her life. Did the past really matter? Not if she didn't let it, she decided. ~ Brenda Novak

A struggle is a preparation for what is yet to come.
-Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
~ Brenda "Saw Jesus+" Calloway-Miller

She was ruined. She'd become anathema - the ~ Brenda Novak

Sometimes the most difficult relationships to get over are the ones that never were. ~ Brenda Priddy

At Nature's Kitchen we take pride in saying that we wouldn't serve anything to your children that we wouldn't feed to our own children. ~ Brenda Peterson

You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end-much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you. ~ Brenda Ueland

I'm becoming too honest for my own good these days. ~ Brenda Weiler

Every intelligent being enjoys complexity. ~ Brenda Laurel

I have such respect for guest actors. They don't know all the characters as deeply as the regulars, and the cast isn't your family, so you have more at stake. ~ Brenda Strong

When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing. ~ Brenda Shoshanna

Be Sure To Notice When You're Happy ~ Brenda Farrar-ejemai

It's a mind-body-spirit transformation. ~ Brenda Johnston