"Becoming a parent is actually terrifying. A lot of people have that feeling about their dogs. And if you're the kind of person who's going to have that feeling about a dog you're definitely going to have that about a child."

-- Joan Didion

#Dog Quotes #Children Quotes #People Quotes

“I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.”
“It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.”
“To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?”
“I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you.”
“In the John Wayne movies, the Indians were savages that were trying to scalp you. That culture has really suffered because of the stereotype you see in those westerns.”
“I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.”
“I spent a year in Professor Baker's famous class at Harvard. There, too, I learned some things that were useful to me-particularly what not to do. Not to take ten lines, for instance, to say something that can be said in one line.”
“John asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside I was out of this world. The dance was slow and smoochy. I was aloof and John, I think, was slightly embarrassed. It was all very painful and beautiful at the same time. The remaining students were looking on with puzzled expressions at such an unlikely combination.”

Source : Cynthia Lennon (1980). “A twist of Lennon”, Avon Books

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