I wanted him [my father] to cherish and approve of me, not as he had when I was a child, but as the woman I was, who had her own mind and had made her own choices.
ADRIENNE RICHRarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN -
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
HERODOTUS -
You seen my shows; I bring the ‘hood out.
JEEZY -
My self-belief, really is what kept me going, I always believed I could be a great champion, a world champion.
RYAN GARCIA -
There was one tour where I thought, “If I can’t get this feeling back of being excited to be on the stage, then I will quit.” Because I have friends who have dialed it in and I watch their concerts and shake my head. I’m sure the audience can tell, too.
DAR WILLIAMS -
Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
EDWARD ALBEE -
Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
J. C. RYLE -
I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.
LANA DEL REY -
We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
FRED HAMPTON -
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON -
Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
ADAM DEVINE -
To be honest with you, I’d rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
BENICIO DEL TORO -
Being a mother is a little like ‘Groundhog’s Day.’ It’s getting out of bed and doing the exact same things again and again and yet again – and it’s watching it all get undone again and again and yet again. It’s humbling, monotonous, mind-numbing, and solitary.
GLENNON DOYLE -
Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
BARBARA GOLDSMITH -
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
JOHN LEWIS -
Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN -
I like to just make flex music. So when I do make emotional music, it’s hard for me, because I feel like I’m cliche. But I guess cliche is the best thing sometimes, because it’s real.
SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD -
I hate interviews – but you have to do them.
JACKIE CHAN -
Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all.
WHITNEY HOUSTON -
The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE -
That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
TOM PETTY -
My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA -
I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most English people look wrong in a baseball cap.
BILL BRYSON -
To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts.
A. H. ALMAAS