#men

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#church #dry #half #ice #instead

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama. ↗

— Al Green

#i #mama #measure #mother #other

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. ↗

— Henry Miller

#best #beyond #defeat #friends #his

Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching; they'll never be eclipsed. ↗

— Benny Green

#any #attitude #eclipsed #examples #get

I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what he's playing. ↗

— Benny Green

#bring #character #dormant #elements #going

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention. ↗

— Benny Green

#brown #could #dignity #four #had

The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem like a clinical environment from the outside looking in. ↗

— Benny Green

#environment #even #happen #like #looking

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#care #comfortable #i #like #other

If somebody doesn't have enough judgment to be able to look at plastic surgery and realize how phony it is, then they can't be helped. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#enough #helped #how #judgment #look

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#frightening #get #man #quite #women are