#us

As parents, we need to talk to young people about drugs and make sure they understand that drugs are dangerous, addictive substances that can ruin their lives and harm their communities. ↗

— John Walters

#addictive #communities #dangerous #harm #lives

Make your having dinner out become The Event of the Night, instead of just the beginning. ↗

— John Walters

#beginning #dinner #event #having #instead

The purpose of random testing is not to catch, punish, or expose students who use drugs, but to save their lives and discover abuse problems early so that students can grow up and learn in a drug-free environment. ↗

— John Walters

#catch #discover #early #environment #expose

We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years. ↗

— John Walters

#educate #gains #harms #made #need

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#mediocrities #paid #ridicule #tribute

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. ↗

— Julie Walters

#actually #austen #days #extraordinary #jane

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? ↗

— Julie Walters

#along #anyone #ask #audience #because

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is. ↗

— Julie Walters

#begin #better #family #famous #get

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man. ↗

— Julie Walters

#because #disappears #go #i #know

It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. ↗

— Julie Walters

#alcoholic #anything #being #blotting #early