Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
Interpretation
Getting sober transformed Jamie Lee Curtis's life, leading to greater self-awareness and success.
This quote by Jamie Lee Curtis encapsulates the profound impact that sobriety has on one's life. It illustrates how overcoming addiction can lead to significant personal growth, clarity in self-perception, newfound positivity, and increased success. Curtis reflects on her journey with sobriety as a catalyst for better understanding her abilities and limitations, which has enabled her to thrive both personally and professionally.
In practice
A motivational speaker discussing recovery at a community event.
Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.
The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.
~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~
I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.
I don't ever want to make taking pictures into another way of saying 'Here I am'. Because I'm as here as I want to be.
I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.
To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born.
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
I feel so guilty about the state of young people today. And I say that because our generation fought for everything. We fought to sit down at a counter, to sit on a bus. They were left with nothing to fight for.
In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality.
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