"You're only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody's dishwasher that's their own ***** problem. If you don't settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you'll end up anything you want to be."

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Source : "8 More Priceless Bits of Wisdom from Lost Interviews with 20th Century Icons" by Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. December 5, 2014.

Janis Joplin

#Fighting Quotes #Want Quotes #Problem Quotes

“I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.”
“The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.”
“It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.”
“One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.”
“Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.”

Source : Livy (1967). “The early history of Rome: Books I-V of The history of Rome from its foundation”
“Politeness is the flower of humanity.”
“The audience swelled to six in the end and we all huddled in a corner.”
“You do understand," she continued, "that unless I had an object to love -- or, more accurately, a someone to love -- if I did not have such a relationship within myself, then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature.”

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