#lds

I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#because #best #both #come #end

Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#best #both #connecticut #country #going

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#criticism #cut #good #holds #knife

To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#case #commit #conduct #crime #doctrine

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#answered #best #creeds #dark #fears

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#ask #buy #going #i #latex

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past. ↗

— John Cale

#future #holds #i #like #past

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#builds #like #nothing #self-confidence #self-esteem

I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over. ↗

— Jane Campion

#builds #consummated #i #i think #moment

Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#detached #easy #flexible #others #spiritual