I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
#quotes #kevin-connolly #life #family

"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
#quotes #grace-slick #women

Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
#quotes #billie-jean-king #inspiration

In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
#quotes #b-o-b

I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
#quotes #alan-bennett #literature

If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
#quotes #richard-p-feynman #knowledge

Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #happiness

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
#quotes #will-durant #humor

Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverb #parents

There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
#quotes #trevor-dunn #entertainment #music #new-york

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
#quotes #leigh-bardugo #love

I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
#quotes #morton-gould #music

Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
#quotes #franklin-d-roosevelt #life #nation

The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
#quotes #max-muller #life #progress

For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #learning #wisdom

If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
#quotes #roy-ayers #new-york