If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

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Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. -- Judy Garland

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Instead of complaining about the problem and blaming others, start finding the solution. ― Roy T. Bennett,

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My favorite-ever version of 'King Lear' is the 1971 film by Peter Brooks. He has this enormous fur thing, and it adds enormous gravitas. - Ben Mendelsohn

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There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts._ Richard Bach

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Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.

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The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem ― Captain Jack Sparrow

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Everytime I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by climbing my roof and strapping bricks to my shoes.

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This is my life, homie, you decide yours. -- Kanye West

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No joke- I’d leave meetings crying all the time. -- Kanye West

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