#thin

If children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works. ↗

— John Rowland

#else #everything #grade #reading #then

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance. ↗

— John Rowland

#absolutely #aspect #chance #city #get

I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth. ↗

— Kelly Rowland

#beautiful thing #because #celebrating #each #growth

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it. ↗

— Kelly Rowland

#enough #off #something #want #work

After you play a part, you think of it as your own. ↗

— Gena Rowlands

#own #part #play #think #you

But you base everything on people you know. ↗

— Gena Rowlands

#everything #know #people #you

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#honestly #i #i have learned #learned #probably

There was a period when I believed stuff meant something. I thought that if you had matching side chairs and a sofa that harmonized and some beautiful lamps to light them you would have a home, that elegance signaled happiness. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#stuff #things #beauty

I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool. ↗

— Bill Kurtis

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