"If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy."

-- Myrtle Reed

#Firsts Quotes #Earth Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Meat-eaters make every day a 9/11 for animals in slaughterhouses.”
“In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.”
“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”

Source : Miranda July (2008). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.”
“I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.”
“I am very lucky to live in California, which is not only filled with very entrepreneurial people who don't wait around for success, but who make their own.”
“A leader is not someone who says: Follow me.......A leader is someone who says: I'll go first.”
“You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!”

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