Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLANDAlways be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLANDThat’s why we have journalists, for stats.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
LILY TOMLINIt so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
JAMES A. BALDWINIn adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
MARTIALNew Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It’s so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we’re serious about rebuilding New Orleans.
BILLY TAUZINThis nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKLike, she had a caterer, she had wardrobe people, she had two makeup artists… I mean, we have makeup and we have wardrobe, but Felicia [Day] was, like, on it. She had two cameras operating, sets, extras everywhere. It was unbelievable.
BRENT SPINERIt’s Christmas time and my rhyme’s steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.
SNOOP DOGGThere is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
PETER DRUCKER“I wish things we different” he said. “we are the ones that make the difference” she said.
RACHEL WOLCHINRange is of the ego, form is of the soul.
ALAN FINGERThe theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that this tool, while tricky, is extraordinarily powerful and convenient.
BENOIT MANDELBROTLife was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.
CAROLINE MYSSNo formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
H. P. LOVECRAFT