We have had a long held myth of American exceptionalism. Lisa Ling More Quotes by Lisa Ling More Quotes From Lisa Ling Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day. Lisa Ling be-grateful grateful thinking There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white. Lisa Ling cnn black-and-white media The best education I have ever received was through travel. Lisa Ling best-education We have to start seeing people as human beings. Our entire humanity depends on that. Lisa Ling humans humanity people Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer. Lisa Ling often-is relationship people The Girl Scouts is where I became acquainted with the idea that a woman can do anything. Learning that early on has a tremendous impact on the development of a young girl's personality. It had a huge impact on me. Girl Scouts is where I first learned about philanthropy and fell in love with the concept of helping others-in my troop this was very important. We did a lot of community service like picking up trash and feeding the homeless. Loving humankind was something that echoed throughout my time at Girl Scouts. Lisa Ling impact girl helping-others When did an old white guy yelling at me, telling me what to think become news? What gives him the right to tell me what to think? When was the last time he was in Iraq or Afghanistan or Sri Lanka... or anywhere that didn't have a beach? Lisa Ling yelling beach thinking Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker. Lisa Ling taught asian culture We all need to provide the checks and balances for democracy. Lisa Ling balance democracy needs What a lot of people don't know, because in a lot of TV and movies, they have a lot of men talking about computers - it was a woman who invented the first compiler! Lisa Ling talking men people I think we need to take a look at the technology, but not depend on it for things that require humanity. Lisa Ling technology humanity thinking There's a huge piece of humanity that's missing - a huge piece - and our [American] culture is infant, comparatively speaking, to these folks who have been around for thousands of years. Lisa Ling humanity missing years We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity. Lisa Ling insecurity noise culture Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts. Lisa Ling enjoy-it-while-it-lasts sound trying My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. Lisa Ling levels events world I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce. Lisa Ling jalapenos sauce sides I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China. Lisa Ling twigs skinny enough It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But it takes a multi-pronged approach that has to start with parents. Kids are just too young to understand the consequences of obesity. Lisa Ling parent kids way I'm determined to raise a strong girl. Lisa Ling determined girl strong I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio. Lisa Ling hills enough running
