"There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others."

-- Chinua Achebe

#People Quotes #Stories Quotes #World Quotes

“But I have never had the privilege of unhappiness in Happy Valley. California is about the good life. So a bad life there seems so much worse than a bad life anywhere else. Quality is an obsession thereâ€”good food, good wine, good movies, music, weather, cars. Those sound like the right things to shoot for, but the never-ending quality quest is a lot of pressure when youâ€™re uncertain and disorganized and, not least, broker than broke. Some afternoons a person just wants to rent Die Hard, close the curtains, and have Cheerios for lunch.”
“To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.”
“Jonas Brothers fans are a force to be reckoned with”
“I have sometimes, probably, forgotten - and I know I have - to pat the back of someone or said thank you enough times or maybe even once sometimes I wish I were perfect. I wish I were just the nicest, nicest, nicest person on Earth. But I am a business person.If I were a man no one would ever say that I was arrogant.”
“If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.”
“A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.”
“The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher Henderson that we ought to call what we were doing 'Negro music'. But it's too late for that now.”
“Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll.”

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