#par

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States. ↗

#between #everyday #everyday people #extreme #most

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to make those sacrifices, nor was the generation before me and the generation after. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#before #bring #gave #generation #house

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#concentrate #i #me #other #preparing

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#bra #burn #days #department #fire

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in it, so they'd be forced to identify with the women. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#boyfriend #even #forced #get #i

A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#buy #concerned #dress #less #lives

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#been #i #parties #resistant

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#giants #grim #like #peace #precocious

All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it. ↗