Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.
I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know?
You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.
It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out.
The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.
Inspirations sleet through the universe continuously. Their destination, as if they cared, is the right mind in the right place at the right time. They hit the right neuron, there's a chain reaction, and a little while later someone is blinking furio...
Hoke Colburn: [on a pay phone calling Boolie after taking Daisy to the Piggly Wiggly] Hello, Mr. Werthan? Yeah, it's me. Guess where I'm at? I jus' finished drivin' yo mama to da store. [laughs] Hoke Colburn: Oh, yeah, she flap around some, but she's...
You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years...
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is.
Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.
Ingo was a fever, and so far she hadn't found the antidote.
My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.
From a very early age, as far back as I can remember, I always played sports.
Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
I’m so far from lucky, I’m kissing its ass from the other side.
If you feel deserve to judge the arrogant, it's a sign that you're so far of humbleness.
If Duncan was ever into men then he's been so far in the closet he's been living in Narnia.
