From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
ABERJHANIFalse fancy brings real misery.
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I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I put it all down – I’m out on a limb here, so watch my back.
BILLY IDOL -
Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
BERNARD BARUCH -
The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
POPE JOHN PAUL II -
I like to let each thing happen – direct it a little consciously, maybe – but just kind of follow the vibrations I get in each particular circumstance.
JIM MORRISON -
To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
AJAHN CHAH -
A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
BARRY LEVINSON -
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.
DENIS WAITLEY -
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
COLIN POWELL -
With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
STEVE MARTIN -
The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren’t carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
P. J. O'ROURKE -
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
E. O. WILSON -
Even on the darkest days the sun still rises.
ZUZANNA SZOSTAK -
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
ROSA PARKS -
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMS






