General quotes
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying for their hair. When you're in a beauty parlor in Harlem next to abandoned buildings and somebody's paying five grand for a weave, that's a bit much.
Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.
I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way.
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.
Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.
Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.
I would never like to endorse a fairness cream. I believe in natural beauty.
What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.
Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy — that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation — can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival.
If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.
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