"I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do."

-- Dave Douglas

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“I am thrilled to be working with Lane Bryant on this collaboration. Designing apparel women can feel confident and beautiful in has been a long-standing pillar of the Lela Rose brand, and we are looking forward to bringing our designs to Lane Bryant's inspiring base of customers.”
“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.”
“As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it.”

Source : Source: espn.go.com
“He has made me glad and no one can make me sad. He makes me shout and no one can make me doubt...”
“You've got to use it, the pain. Use it as fuel to move past the torment, to the light at the end of the tunnel”

Source : Thomas E. Sniegoski (2012). “The Fallen: The Fallen 1; The Fallen 2; The Fallen 3”, p.671, Simon and Schuster
“Everybody has to have their little tooth of power. Everybody wants to be able to bite.”
“Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.”
“Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.”

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