February 2012
23 posts
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Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and...
– Julie Isphording
Check out my first post on the Innocence Matters... →
A little over a year ago, I was unsure about whether I wanted to be a lawyer. The law intrigued me, but I was intimidated by the rumors about how terrible law school is, how poor the job market is for law graduates, and how overworked lawyers can be. When debating where to go next in my life, though, I decided I needed to learn more about the law before I could make a decision. I didn’t want to...
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...
– Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
New Life Motto
“Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else.”
-Karen Armstrong
January 2012
23 posts
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...
– Winston Churchill (via rianna-g)
an uninteresting post about me looking on the...
This week has been insanely busy, but it’s kind of amazing how much my life has improved just by the simple fact that I don’t have class at 8:00 a.m. this semester. I may be just as busy, but I’m just so much more witty & efficient now that I have that extra hour or so of sleep.
Almost exciting
A wise doctor once told my father, “next time, you pick better genes.” I wish his words had some how got to me before I was born, or that my dad had listened before it was too late.
Tomorrow, I am getting my hair dyed for the first time at the age of 24. As exciting as that is, there’s a bit of a damper on it given the fact that I’m only doing it because I have an...
In the good old days
In the good old days, I had funny things to blog about. I feel like I’m a funnier person that I was a year ago because I have learned more and become more witty in the process, but unfortunately, there are only a handful of funny things to say about law school. And even then, only a handful of people will those are funny.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...
– George Bernard Shaw, The Devil’s Disciple (via imfantasyparade)
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and...
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living...
– Fred Rohe
This hour too will be more lovely in recollection.
– Anna Kamienska (via laceofpearls)
December 2011
49 posts
Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It’s all...
– Chuck Palahniuk (via squish-face)