melissa. 22. feminist.. college student. cat lover. wanderlust. a black belt in taekwondo. lover of nature and passionate about social issues and food. :)
At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.
At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.
At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.
At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.
At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.
At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.
At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.
At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.
Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.
Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.
Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40.
Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career and landed his first movie role at age 42.
Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first major movie role until he was 46.
Morgan Freeman landed his first major movie role at age 52.
Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for Best Director when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57.
Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76.
Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.
Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow.
During the Democratic
town hall Tuesday night, presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and
Bernie Sanders fielded questions from an audience of South Carolina
voters. Some wanted to know about each candidates’ view on the criminal justice system, while others wanted to know about Wall Street.
For one woman, Columbia College junior Kyla Gray, natural hair was the topic she wanted the candidates to address.
“Recently I started
wearing my hair natural,” the 22-year-old began, “and I’ve noticed a
difference in the way some people address and look at me.”
The simple mention of
natural hair alone sent Twitter into a frenzy. For some, it was an
watershed moment, since the matter of natural hair was being talked
about on CNN…..
