"I think I've had to work my entire life at reacting to bad news, 'cause my first tendency whenever bad news comes is to pretend like it's not that bad somehow. And, you know, if you can do that with your parents being executed, you can do that with almost anything."

-- Robert Meeropol

#Thinking Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.”
“We've got a lot of love here, and for me that's what family is all about,”

Source : "Worth the Wait". Interview with Kate Coyne, people.com. November 16, 2009.
“Who so loves believes the impossible.”
“Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening.”
“I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.”
“Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.”
“The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.”
“Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.”

Source : "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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