"I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way."

-- Billie Holiday

#Song Quotes #Singing Quotes #Way Quotes

“For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books
“There's a tendency to attribute magical skills and knowledge to people who've been elevated in some way - appearing on TV, or having an impressive title, or coming from a wealthy family. There's often an assumption that these people possess some rare, mysterious qualities mere mortals lack. What crap.”

Source : FaceBook post by Arlene Dickinson from Apr 09, 2016
“Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous.”
“To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.”
“As long as we keep winning, I'm happy.”
“Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.”
“If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.”
“My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that means I continue in acting, great! I'd love that. But if it means I need to change professions someday because I can't provide for my family, well, that's what I need to do.”

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