"A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others."

-- Marcus Aurelius

“Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'.”
“There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility and compassion. It made them more real.”
“A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.”
“I always found it weird when the Phantom would call Raoul insolent boy and the Raoul was obviously older than him.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 18, 2008.
“Time, where did you go? / Why did you leave me here alone? / Wait, don't go so fast / I'm missing the moments as they pass”

Source : Song: Time, Album: What If It All Means Something, 2002
“The vocational approach at NOCCA (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) helps build grit in students. It teaches them how to be single-minded in pursuit of a goal, to sacrifice for the sake of a passion. The teachers demand hard work from their kids because they know, from personal experience, that creative success requires nothing less.”
“My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.”
“Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch.”

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