#pare

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#admit #average #child #find #his

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny. ↗

— Ira Glass

#assume #effect #funny #i #just

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. ↗

— Horatio Alger

#confession #fasting #himself #night #passing

My parents wanted me to go to law school. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#law #law school #me #parents #school

I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#been #compared #condescended #i #indian

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received. ↗

— Horatio Alger

#art #art of war #became #castle #chieftain

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room. ↗

— Woody Allen

#i #into #kidnapped #out #parents

No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#matter #parents #retain #their #uniqueness

My mothering needed a tad more Mother Theresa and a lot less Lizzy Borden. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#patience #relationships #family

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. ↗

— David Amram

#change #conducting #feeling #music #orchestra