I’m not conniving – that has a pejorative context. I’m not sitting in back rooms making deals. That’s not my style.
BESS MYERSON
BESS MYERSON
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Bess Myerson11 quotes“I’m not conniving – that has a pejorative context. I’m not sitting in back rooms making deals. That’s not my style.”
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All the praise I received couldn’t substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home.
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Bess MyersonBess Myerson Men go after me, and I choose among them.
Bess MyersonBess Myerson You can’t be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. … You can’t hide it – ever. It shows in your eyes. It warps your expression. It affects your character, your personality.
Bess MyersonBess Myerson All my life I’ve been doing. For now, I’m being — being quiet, being grateful.
Bess MyersonBess Myerson I’ve lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.
Bess MyersonBess Myerson Even when I jog, I need a place to get to.
Bess MyersonBess Myerson You’ve got to love people, places, ideas; you’ve got to live with mind, body, soul; you’ve got to be committed; there is no life on the side-lines.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
Bill BrufordBill Bruford As we’re staggering out of the hospital, I don’t remember doing this because I was still high, but apparently I turned to the entire operating room staff and screamed “Hey! I’d better not see this on YouTube!”
Bill EngvallBill Engvall I love everything about motels. I can’t help myself. I still get excited every time I slip a key into a motel room door and fling it open.
Bill BrysonBill Bryson We are the outcasts, we are the ones that are different, we are the ones that never got along with anyone else, we are the ones that went back to our rooms and put on our headphones and listened to those records that made us happy
Bert McCrackenBert McCracken I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
Benazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
Ben FeldmanBen Feldman The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.
Ben KatchorBen Katchor There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
Ben HarperBen Harper