#som

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#approaches #believed #claim #creative #degree

Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#came #comeback #considered #disappointed #every

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#breakdown #certainly #edge #gay #i

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves. ↗

— Karen Kain

#dancer #enemy #sometimes #themselves #worst

Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#easier #gene #knew #knowing #made

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#kingdom #made #me #new #new testament

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#gave #had #i #made #me

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? ↗

— Vida Blue

#child #every #every man #i #i think

Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good. ↗

— Vida Blue

#good #lucky #sometimes

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts. ↗

— Judy Blume

#always #brain #down #draft #drafts