#par

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#harder #more #opposite #parents #quickly

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#balance #city #environment #find #life

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#part #possess #something #take #witness

I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#character #depression #existence #felt #give

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#hope #independent #logic

As it is my good fortune to be American, I live in the only country that as a matter of policy is pro-Israel regardless of party allegiance; Democrats and Republicans equally unite behind the blue-and-white. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#american #behind #country #democrats #equally

A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#fine #fine thing #house #keeping #luster

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride. ↗

— Ron Taffel

#about #adolescence #during #even #ever

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#adolescent #character #gas #his #installment

I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot. ↗

— Deborah Cox

#hot #i #i think #production #sparkle