"It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you, you won't get your mitts on the kid as often."

-- Anne Lamott

#Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but when you stand over the ball, you just have to trust your swing. And you trust it. And if you don't trust it, you'll ruin it; your brain will take over.”
“Ive been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.”

Source : "The Republican Noise Machine" by Bradford Plumer, www.motherjones.com. September 1, 2004.
“Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the automobiles. Others talk about stories that are "plot-driven," as if the plot were neither the highway nor the automobile, but the chauffeur. Others seem to have plot phobia and say they never plot. Still others turn up their noses at the very notion, as if there's something artificial, fraudulent, contrived.”
“The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.”
“When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style.”
“My mind on my money, my money on my mind.”

Source : "Song: 'Gin and Juice'". 1993.
“You were an ***** long before I made one outta ya!”
“My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with. Filmmaking is hard and lonely and decidedly unglamorous. Find like-minded souls and share the joy and the misery.”

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