If the only option you leave poor people with is to resort to violence in order to survive, they’ll do just that. And there are lots more poor people in this world than there are rich ones.
You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do
Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.
I keep it real normal, like I don't try to act like a celebrity, or say that just because I'm on a TV show I can do other types of TV. I take it very seriously and I respect the art of acting.
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Being gay is not just what I do, but who I am. It is part of how I choose to live my life even if I never chose.
I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.
There was an art to living, and sometimes it required the inexorable, relentless resolve just to keep plowing forward, one step at a time, no matter what the hell it was you were doing.
Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings.
You can think whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.
You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too?
I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.
I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.
Whatever you dream, you can achieve it provided it is the will of God for you. Once the Lord Jehovah is in approval of it, just dream it; He placed the power in you to do it abundantly!
Dare to be competent. Competency is what makes everyone remain at peace when things are being handled by you. Watch yourself if everyone feels uncomfortable just because it’s you doing it.
I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.
Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.
...don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.
I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
No, you're not a bad person," he said. "And Richter isn't a bad person, and I'm not a bad person. We're just people, and people sometimes do stupid things.
Just as love makes you blind so does wealth, and of the two blindnesses wealth is the worse because of the incalculable harm it is able to do to people other than yourself.
