"The singular sign of a parent who is doing their job is their unwillingness to let their children watch the Star Wars prequels."

-- Heather Armstrong

#Jobs Quotes #Stars Quotes #Children Quotes

“How strange it is, sometimes, which conversations or events stays with us while so much else melts as fast as April snow.”

Source : Marlena de Blasi (2013). “A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance”, p.122, Algonquin Books
“Gay marriage within mainline denominations is gaining traction. Skewed pastors and even the government can't trump the Bible on this issue. Pastors: stand!”
“Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.”
“We need to set goals for ourselves. Start today...if you don't have any goals, make your first goal getting some goals. You probably won't start living happily ever after, but you may start living happily, purposefully, and with gratitude...Goals are gratitude in action. They give us the opportunity to build on what we already have. While achieving goals can be a lengthy process, we can learn to be grateful for each stage in the process of setting and meeting goals.”
“Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to be effectual, must relate to operations of that power, of which a ready and proper judgment can be formed by the constituents.”
“It's funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don't think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you're in control.”
“If we return to the two faces of individualism - individualism as the spur of energy, initiative, and imagination; and individualism as the limitless struggle of all against all - it can be seen how the two practices emerge from and limit the extend of the disequilibrating impact of the contradiction involved in the geocultural agenda.”
“All beliefs are bald ideas.”

Source : Francis Picabia (2007). “I Am a Beautiful Monster: Poetry, Prose, and Provocation”, Mit Press

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