"Compromise is when one person wants to rob a bank and the other person does not, and they compromise to rob a person outside of the bank."

-- Christopher Myers

#Doe Quotes #Want Quotes #Compromise Quotes

“And I realize now that that was . . . thatâ€™s the best way to love someone. Hold them close, know that youâ€™re loved, let it wash over you”

Source : Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.366, Penguin UK
“The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).”
“It's not life in the present moment that is intolerable; the pain we are avoiding has already happened. We are living in reverse.”
“I believe that at least 70 percent of parenting goes to the mother. In our house, I'm the one who knows about all the school stuff, helps with the homework, organizes the play dates, and remembers the birthday parties.”
“While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization,”
“My star was kind of fading towards the end of the '60s and suddenly I got this call from Fellini, who just appeared to kind of love me!”
“I never really liked the lyrics or the sameness of the music. It always seemed to have the same rhythm or whatever. But when it turned a little more rock, I kind of liked it. I like what Kid Rock did to country. I like all the modern, new stuff that's coming out, and it just so happens that my boyfriend is not a country player, but he was a rock musician.”
“I am single because I am allergic for cursing words and bad table manners”

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