And Sasha, you know, I think maybe to endear myself to her, she decided she wanted to join a basketball team, so what more could I want?
There are a million reasons why I hope "Struck By Lightning" resonates with audiences, but on a personal level I hope by showing a character like Carson, someone tragically robbed of all the life and potential they possess, I'll help convince this generation (and maybe even convince myself) that trying doesn't mean you're weak -- it means you're alive.
But I tell myself that maybe there I'll be successful, and my children will benefit from that success.
Maybe I would gorge myself on Rebecca West, or Jack Vance, or Dawn Powell.
And maybe if I were alone, by myself, and no one had ever seen these stories, maybe then, knowing that your versions are better than some of the ones I had sent, maybe I could get into this and go with it.
"When she said that, I thought, 'Wow, maybe I need to check myself, '" Ms. Avant says.
Don't get me wrong, I have an incredible support team around me for which I'm very grateful, but maybe I'm shortchanging myself by not making more of an effort with fellow moms.
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And while the opera's ending is, of course, never in doubt, I still find myself thinking that maybe this time Cavaradossi and Tosca will escape the clutches of Scarpia's henchmen, so vital is the spirit that Ms. Callas and Mr. di Stefano bring to their roles.
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"If I hadn't known that beforehand maybe I would have really oversold myself too quickly, " Robles said.
"Ten years from now, I see myself owning a home, maybe owning my own business, " he says.
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When I meet someone I think I might like to know better, my secret is to share something about myself that is both personal and maybe a little embarrassing or self-deprecating (I often tell people that I am divorced.) That tends to spark their curiosity and open them up.
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Maybe I put a little bit too much pressure on myself in the past, but I can't do that now.
Maybe some people are a little bit more touchy than myself but it's part of the football game, you hear it all the time.
I'd stay in the room, eat, maybe watch a little TV, and go to sleep by myself.
It wasn't just self-congratulatory laughter at a high-brow joke. (OK, maybe a little.) I also had a laugh at myself: I've tried for so long to understand Philip Glass, and all it took was a one-act parody?
Maybe that was what made me say what I said next, surprising myself, and the boy.
But maybe I should have closed it out earlier not to be in that position, I can only blame myself.
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