"I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me."

-- Paula Abdul

#Character Quotes #Adapting Quotes

“A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.”
“Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your messes and mollify our parents for you. We never fail to come across with undying adoration, whether or not you deserve it, and we can't take our lives as seriously as yours. We snuffle up the crumbs from your table on the rare occasions you notice we're alive.”
“Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.”
“Better to be disliked than pitied.”
“That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.”
“Young man, your problem and the reason so many like you fail, is simply because you allow yourself to give up far too early.”
“People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.”
“I do believe that it is extremely important that each one of us is a participant in life and what's going on around us rather than being a spectator to it and if you do that, if you participate in the world, in your community, your school, your company, or your country, whatever.. they you will be useful and hopefully leave the planet a little better.”

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