"Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language."

-- Langston Hughes

#Daddy Quotes #Singing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham (2009). “Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it's important to embrace it and get down!”
“I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.”
“I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.”
“But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't make your wedding a pleasant memory in this life but a source of misery in the next. Make it an eternally good memory. In trying to have a halal wedding, you might sacrifice many relationships but the opposite might mean sacrificing the only relationship that will matter in the hereafter for a bunch of people who don't even really care about you. Don't make one night the cause of your regret for an eternity.”
“Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.”

Source : Danielle Trussoni (2010). “Angelology: A Novel”, p.125, Penguin
“Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.”

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