#too

I think any stereotyping is too much. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #i think #much #stereotyping #think

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. ↗

— Erica Jong

#especially #fact #friends #in fact #love

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. ↗

— Erica Jong

#forebears #grandfather #living #mother #painted

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#badly #beatnik #beatniks #good #got

Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only." ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#large #life #men #only #out

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' ↗

— Michael Jordan

#anything #father #know #late #never

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#before #embarrassing #gave #god #had

I took two years away from making films to write a novel. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#films #i #making #novel #took

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#director #dreams #familiar #hire #i