The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we’re all going, “God, what a jerk I’ve been,” “How could I have married that guy?” or “How could I have done this or that?” With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, “It wasn’t all about them.”
BONNIE RAITTUtility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
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Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. you move differently, sit differently and even speak differently.
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I wasn’t very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.
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When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.
AIMEE FRIEDMAN -
It’s times like this when it’s over a year later and I’m still crying over you that I want to turn to you and say: See – This is why I asked you never to kiss me.
RANATA SUZUKI -
When you are in something that you’re proud of and it’s funny and it’s a good night out and all of those things, there’s nothing quite like it. The rewards are proportionate to the amount of alarm and distress it causes you.
BILL NIGHY -
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
ZHUANGZI -
If your mother still drives you to school, you are not a gangster, pull your pants up!
BILL ENGVALL -
But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame’s to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I’ll be there.
A. E. HOUSMAN -
I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt while reading prose, the texture of time as it passed, life’s white machine.
BEN LERNER -
The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
AHMET ERTEGUN -
Cold is the counsel of women.
ANONYMOUS -
I’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY -
If you’ll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you’ll be astonished at the changes you’ll see.
EARL NIGHTINGALE -
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
JORGE LUIS BORGES -
I was brought up by a really proud, supportive family, so I have that sort of grounding.
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON -
I approach everyday personal beauty very naturally; I try to make it look like I’m not wearing makeup.
SABRINA CARPENTER -
Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
AI WEIWEI -
It’s really important that young women be reminded that their involvement matters and that their voice is heard. Even if it feels like it’s small, it really can make an impact.
MEGHAN MARKLE -
Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.
W. C. FIELDS -
I’m shameless, and I love a pun. There’s a lot of Beth puns.
BETH DITTO -
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHI -
Thou hast seen nothing yet.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES -
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
SALLUST -
They say that if you’re afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you’re actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I’m afraid of dogs.
NORM MACDONALD -
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS