"People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus."

-- Edna Ferber

#Self Confidence Quotes #People Quotes #Arrogance Quotes

“I let everyone have [the] space to do what they want, but I think I'm still a bit of a perfectionist.”

Source : "Dungen". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. March 27, 2005.
“...to many a mother's heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy from the home, or when even before that time, in school, or where he touches the great world and begins to be bewildered with its controversies, trade and economics and politics make their imprint even while his lips are dewy with his mother's kiss.”
“I don't buy the 'cynical voice'; I think we've had too much of that over the past few years; it's become deadening. I'm a passionate person, who is not afraid to express emotion in print.”
“Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture.”
“Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.”
“There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player”
“There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.”
“Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.”

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