As the keynote speaker of the South by Southwest music conference in 2013, I addressed this ethical crossroads in my speech: Where do you go from there? As an artist raised in the ethically suffocating punk rock underground, conditioned to
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“You are not your past. You are prepared for your future. A yes can propel you, but a no will never hurt you.”
― Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
― Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
“Isn’t it sad that so often it takes facing death to appreciate life and each other fully?”
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
― The House at Pooh Corner
“I feel very lucky to know you—and as far as I have seen, to know you is literally to love you.”
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
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