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We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#although #american #billy #billy joel #composers

There are so many little girls who follow me and look up to me. I'm their role model, so I have to make sure I'm always being professional and not putting any swear words out there - just really putting positive things out there on the Internet. ↗

— Jordyn Wieber

#any #being #follow #i #internet

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#individualism #intense #known #mode #most

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty #better #colour #joy #less

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#fatal #like #moderation #nothing #succeeds

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#good #kin #life #makes #modern

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

#home #i #i think #models #parents

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#am #coffee #day #favorite #first

I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#broken #i #know #little #marriage

I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids. ↗

— Robbie Williams

#calm #deliberately #down #eventually #good