A large part of the left is pro-Assad. In those circles, you can't criticize Assad, but you know he's a monstrous war criminal. And anyone who criticizes Assad is joining the US imperialists. That's just ludicrous.
Exude unconditional confidence.
You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.
My best life advice:Take the high road. No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road. You will never regret it.
I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. . . . I would hold a door for anyone. . . . It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.
Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.
If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.
You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. . . . Talent is only a starting point. You've got to keep working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there. . . . Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. . . . The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. . . . After you get what you want you don't want it. . . . Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies. . . . The song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on.
It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.
I don't like violence in movies, I'm not a kind of Tarantino fan. But sometimes it's necessary.
I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.