#mom

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#because #change #every #follows #i

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#applause #audience #celebration #constitutes #delight

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#am #citizens #concise #constant #few

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#agenda #changes #crisis #franklin #franklin roosevelt

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#better #conduct #dad #free #got

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#mom #nice #saint #she #taught

When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?' ↗

— Natalie Portman

#called #dad #does #exactly #get

My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.' ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#her #how #i #lake #learned

The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#every #every time #go #goes #issue

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#being #being in love #danger #doing #love