3 December 2020 Norma Shearer I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.
3 December 2020 David Herbert Lawrence Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
3 December 2020 Shawn Johnson I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That’s sad.
3 December 2020 Allen Klein When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
3 December 2020 Michelle Obama I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
3 December 2020 Chanakya A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
3 December 2020 Louisa May Alcott People don’t have fortunes left them in that style nowadays men have to work and women to marry for money. It’s a dreadfully unjust world.
3 December 2020 Janet Jackson I always get bored with my hair. That’s why I would always change it throughout my career.
3 December 2020 Malcolm De Chazal A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
3 December 2020 Alonzo Mourning My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
3 December 2020 Maya Angelou The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
3 December 2020 Steve Jobs You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.
3 December 2020 Daniel Radcliffe I would love to work in America. I wouldn’t love to live there, but I’d love to experience working there.
3 December 2020 Orson Welles A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
3 December 2020 Ian Mcewan My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren’t able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.
3 December 2020 Orison Swett Marden Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.
3 December 2020 Chad Hugo I grew up around hip-hop so I didn’t think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
3 December 2020 Dan Stevens I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were ‘Daniel must learn not to distract others.’ And now, that’s what I do for a living.
3 December 2020 Elizabeth Drew Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.
3 December 2020 Wolfgang Puck For me, I don’t expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones – that’s what makes the experience.
3 December 2020 Christopher Columbus No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
3 December 2020 Ellen Goodman We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?
3 December 2020 Denis Waitley A life lived with integrity – even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
3 December 2020 Hunter S. Thompson In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.