"I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting."

-- Lea Salonga

#Years Quotes #Missing Quotes #Singing Quotes

“We are each born into a situation-a particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a nation-and born into the stories told of each of these.”
“When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.”

Source : Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.124, Knopf
“I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.”
“I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.”
“Gold is the corpse of value...”
“I went away when I was 9 to a ballet school. I thought I wanted to be a dancer, but eight years of ballet cured me of that.”
“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.”
“Say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you'll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying 'I could've, but it's too late now.”

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