"I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than the latter."

-- Lisa Kleypas

#Believe Quotes #Fate Quotes #Two Quotes

“People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, "I'm getting even”
“The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity”
“Acting isn't a profession, it's a way of living ...”
“Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.”

Source : "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2011.
“We appeal, not to those who reject today in the name of a return to yesterday, not to those who are hopelessly deafened by today; we appeal to those who see the distant tomorrow -- and judge today in the name of tomorrow.”
“The property a man has in his own industry, is violated, whenever he is forbidden the free exercise of his faculties or talents, except insomuch as they would interfere with the rights of third parties.”
“I only wear heels when it's 100-percent required, and even sometimes not then. I have to talk myself into a bra. I've done an hour of standup where I've been like, "I don't have to wear a bra tonight." If you're going to be on camera, you have to get it together, but other than that, I am pretty lazy as a woman.”
“I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance'! White people seem to think the black ought to be shouting 'hallelujah'! Four hundred years the white man has had his foot-long knife in the black man's back - and now the white man starts to wiggle the knife out, maybe six inches! The black man's supposed to be grateful? Why, if the white man jerked the knife out, it's still going to leave a scar!”

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