"You are 100 percent responsible for how your children turn out. And you accomplish that by teaching them that they are 100 percent responsible for how they turn out."

-- Peter Koestenbaum

#Family Quotes #Children Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“There's nothing you can tell me that will change how I feel about you. Nothing. Because that isn't you. It's never been you. You're the woman I've come to know. The woman I love.”
“I once said to a boy, â€˜Youâ€™re a really good kisser,â€™ and he said, â€˜Youâ€™re only as good as the person youâ€™re kissing.' I think itâ€™s the same with the music. If someone [says], â€˜Your music is really provocative,â€™ Iâ€™m only as provocative as the person thatâ€™s listening to it.”
“I feel as if they are somewhere between movement and stillness, and thus in possession of a certain energy.”
“Two thongs don't make a right.”
“The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.”

Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2006). “The Brief History of the Dead: A Novel”, p.5, Vintage
“One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!”
“Words don't tell you what people are thinking. Rarely do we use words to really tell. We use words to sell people or to convince people or to make them admire us. It's all disguise. It's all hidden -- a secret language.”

Source : "Robert Altman: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“People don't think I'm big enough to be mean. I don't look big enough, but I am.”

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