#reference

What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool? ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#love #sexual-preference #weetzie-bat #love

I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom. ↗

— Ashley Tisdale

#drunk #i #look #mom #never

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? What a waste, what a senseless waste! But what of those things which you actually didn't like, not because you were not supposed to like them, not because to dislike them was considered a mark of refinement and education - but because you actually found them distasteful? The very idea annoyed me. How could you know? It involved a problem of choice. I would have to weigh many things carefully before deciding and there would be some things that would cause quite a bit of trouble, simply because I had never formed a personal attitude toward so much. I had accepted the accepted attitudes and it had made life seem simple ... ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#choice #preferences #attitude

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird. ↗

— Colin Firth

#actually #become #delighted #find #i

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#context #cultural #distinctly #ethnic #gender

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president. ↗

— Katherine Harris

#certainly #george #george w #had #hoped

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#anthrax #assassinated #bear #character #especially

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. ↗

— Jim Hodges

#color #i #i think #many #people

I'm always collecting emotions for future reference. ↗

— Harlan Howard

#collecting #emotions #future #i #reference

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#ashamed #certainly #her #i #lesbian