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Betty Comden4 quotes“You sort of have to believe that, don’t you? That you had to go through all that to get to the day when something did happen.”
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Betty ComdenBetty Comden There is something about the creative process… which is that you can’t talk about it. You try to think of anecdotes about it, and you try to explain, but you’re never really saying what happened… it’s a sort of happy accident.
Betty ComdenBetty Comden Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us to believe that we have understood, and that, in pitying, we have even done something to right a wrong.
Richard WrightRichard Wright If something scares me then I feel like I have to do it.
Barb HonchakBarb Honchak Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
Enid BlytonEnid Blyton We’re going to be the best in the league at something. We’re deep in anthem singers.
Barry TrotzBarry Trotz The opposite of love is not to hate but to separate. If love and hate have something in common it is because, in both cases, their energy is that of bringing and holding together
John BergerJohn Berger In search of some rest, in search of a break From a life of tests where something’s always at stake Where something’s always so far What about my broken car?
Barry PrivettBarry Privett This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad