#ect

College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#college #effect #except #flunked #gone

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made. ↗

— E. P. Thompson

#after #attitude #been #come #decision

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#children #contentment #control #importantly #joy

I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#actor #am #anybody #ever #expect

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups. ↗

— Sean Parker

#any #conform #every #expect #group

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#collapse #institutions #layout #only #perfection

There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Either that 'something' is where you acquiesce to the world around you and you conform, or you sort of defiantly break whatever remaining bonds connect you to that world and create for yourself a different set of values. ↗

— Sean Parker

#around #bonds #break #came #conform

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#believe #i #non-violence #really #resistance

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective. ↗

— Trey Parker

#kids #like #lot #more #once

Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. ↗

— Trey Parker

#christian #culture #even #jesus #just