I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
#quotes #anne-lamott #church

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
#quotes #grimes #music

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
#quotes #joichi-ito #democracy #media

What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
#quotes #samuel-adams #power #law #king #prince

You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
#quotes #ludivine-sagnier #entertainment #theater #movies #acting

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
#quotes #daniel-burnham #architecture #work #hope

I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
#quotes #stephen-chbosky #the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower #love

A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #law

Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
#quotes #dierks-bentley #patty-griffin #music

Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
#quotes #elizabeth-chadwick #honor #pride

The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
#quotes #harold-b-lee #home #family

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
#quotes #martin-cruz-smith #books #reading #mystery #wish

I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
#quotes #william-cowper #liberty

I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
#quotes #morton-gould #music

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
#quotes #richard-m-nixon #politics

In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
#quotes #anne-ursu

I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
#quotes #nancy-sinatra #australia #germany #japan #united-states

Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
#quotes #michel-de-certeau #past #history #stories

To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
#quotes #will-cuppy #life

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
#quotes #william-prescott #power #patience

Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
#quotes #david-beckham #design

The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
#quotes #robert-smithson #national-parks

A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
#quotes #hobart-brown #patience