There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.
That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace.
I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use. I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.
Always dream high. Never let it down by inconsistent efforts. Your relentless labour & integrity make you successful in the long run.
Now I walk around with my head down, trying to hide, thinking that everybody knows that I inflicted people with HIV, because that is all they are going to read.
I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi.
When life pushes you down, just roll with the storm, because at one point you'll push life right back.
If that poem idea is in your head NOW, write it down. Right now. Or lose it. For when it's gone, it's gone forever...
I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.
People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team down.
I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent.' That makes me just die inside.
Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.
Will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down.
The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who are practicing walking and sitting mediation.
Nothing came out. Suddenly I was hovering, looking down on myself from above.
Be generous with your smile and try not to frown. And you will see my children; your smile will never let you down ☺
I cannot give up chasing after happiness simply because there might be pain down the road.
Technology is a wonderful tool, but also if used incorrectly a horrible tool. We're fascinated by all aspects of it, whatever makes our human lives easier on the planet, but eventually there will have to be some sort of merger. The fascination isn't ...
I never hide, when I walk down the street, someone's going to take my picture, that's what I look like.
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
