"I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me."

-- George Lopez

#People Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Grandparent Quotes

“I cry and pray and try to find the positive or the lesson for my pain.”
“Life is too short to do mediocre work and it is definitely too short to build shitty things.”
“I feel very vulnerable when it has to do with family. Having lost my mom, who I was so extremely close to, now I feel so vulnerable when somebody gets sick or hurt. I become a complete wreck until they're well. Even if it's a cold! I compare myself to Marlin in Finding Nemo.”
“If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.”
“I just want to be a better guitar player, really.”
“Blacks are supposed to rejoice whenever our way of life becomes more mainstream. We seldom do. For we see in it a sanctioning that can only be granted by white society. In other words: If you're white, it's all right. If you're black, step back.”

Source : Lena Williams (2002). “It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races”, p.184, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.”
“There are things a man must not do even to save a nation.”

Source : Murray Kempton (1972). “America comes of middle age: columns, 1950-1962”

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