#tall

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#beautiful person #because #being #ever #i

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#am #been #court #encourage #feminine

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong. ↗

— Jet Li

#arts #both #bruce #bruce lee #famous

My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#mother #politics #specter #totally #uninterested

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#business #cut #lonely #lonely business #memories

I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I'm consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death. ↗

— Courtney Love

#consumed #daily #daily life #death #even

Parents are the most likely to be victims of the violence of their mentally ill children. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#ill #likely #mentally #most #parents

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me. ↗

— Patti LuPone

#could #daily #daily life #diva #dressed

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#also #being #both #exploration #family

I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values. ↗

— Adrian Lyne

#american values #because #different #feel #french