I finally learned to accept that I can’t make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
BONNIE RAITTTo take the measure of oneself by reference to one’s colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.
EMMA WATSON -
Never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area.
SAILOR MALAN -
What exactly is a french before it’s fried?
D. J. MACHALE -
A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
BANKSY -
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON -
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement.
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON -
There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS -
When I hug you, there is always one thought that comes to my mind : our bodies were meant to hold each other.
ANNIE MENENDEZ -
I like people too much or not at all. I’ve got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know them.
SYLVIA PLATH -
It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.
BILL FORSYTH -
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
EMO PHILIPS -
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
VLADIMIR LENIN -
Your results are an expression of your level of awareness
BOB PROCTOR -
You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
MITSKI -
Rappers act so wild, and love to profile, Frontin’ hard, but ain’t got no style.
BIG DADDY KANE