#us

My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#back #because #came #give #give me

Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#affluenza #child-abuse #materialism #love

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#house #i #many #pianos #plus

We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me. ↗

— Robert Carlyle

#cracker #did #fan #genuinely #i

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial. ↗

— Hoagy Carmichael

#i #music #publisher #singing #song

I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce. ↗

— Laura Carmichael

#crush #girl #huge #i #such

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#first #honesty #industry #motto #my motto

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#dismiss #fallacious #freedom #give #must

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success. ↗

— Philip Knight

#battle #between #both #business #chaos

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs. ↗

— Mel Carnahan

#charitable #community #efforts #empower #local