#par

I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority. ↗

— Tony Brown

#academics #always #been #believer #conflict

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!" ↗

— George Will

#boy #duck #give #guns #like

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

#been #bestowed #life #live #lives

I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected. ↗

— Paulo Coelho (파울로 코엘료)

#beauty

My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#crap #desire #make #more #participate

Living in Paris was a crash course in chic. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#course #crash #living #paris

I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#anyone #around #christmas #down #even

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#diligent #directly #hardworking #having #i

That's why I like to get out there, and get people to see the other side of Mitt, and know us in a different reflection when you see the family and how funny he is with the boys and with the grandkids. And you know, just what a super guy he is. That's part of what I am doing, is letting people see the other side of Mitt. ↗

— Ann Romney

#different #doing #family #funny #get

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#best #books #covers #far #parts