"The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done."

-- Paula Poundstone

#Years Quotes #Done Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“It's rare that the sequel to a good movie lives up to expectations. Such is the case with Die Hard 2 , the somewhat-muddled but still entertaining return of Bruce Willis' John McClane. Fortunately, the original Die Hard was good enough that there's room for the second installment to be enjoyable while still not matching the pace or possessing the flair of its predecessor.”

Source : "Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,
“Though small was your allowance, You saved a little store: And those who save a little, Shall get a plenty more.”
“If I'd thought, "I can't really play this instrument," I wouldn't have done it! But I didn't care, you know. I didn't care!”

Source : "The Strange World Of... David Toop". Interview with Karen Shook, thequietus.com. June 28, 2016.
“We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.”

Source : Mahmoud Darwish (2013). “Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems”, p.31, Univ of California Press
“I remember the day we were hanging around the band's commune and Roger came in with the press kit for a rock band (Moby Grape) any of us had ever seen. It looked psychedelic, yet it was done by ad people. I believe the word "hype" was coined on that very day.”
“The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.”
“The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.”
“Like God, Christmas is timeless and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. It is something even more than what happened that night in starlit little Bethlehem; it has been behind the stars forever. There was Christmas in the heart of God before the world was formed.”

Source : Roy Rogers, Dale Evans (2012). “A Happy Trails Christmas”, p.12, Baker Books

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