Chorreando Quotes & Sayings

Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation. — Roy Baumeister

But when you're a lemon who happens to be human, everyone tries to help you out — Finn Bell

I am so grateful to be here on this awesome planet with it's diverse life - everything we need to not just survive but to thrive. I am excited to continually learn more about it, and always curious to see what is going to come up next. — Jay Woodman

It surprises me, how a small gesture can feel so very big. How sometimes you don't realize the nervousness or sadness you were holding deep inside until the touch of someone you love lets it all out of you, like your entire body is exhaling. — Lucy Keating

You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood. — Tom Selleck

I'm going to live my life like I've got one life to live. — Sammy Kershaw

But that was a lifetime ago. A different person ago. — Sarah J. Maas

No nation ever rises higher than its women ... — Nellie L. McClung

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it. — DJ Jazzy Jeff

I wonder if these missionaries ever thought how Christ was so continually substituting affirmations for the 'Thou shalt nots' of the Old Testament. 'To love one's neighbor as oneself' is certainly harder, but states life so much more actively, gladly, and kindly, that you can begin to see some pleasure in it. — Gaellen Quinn

My child, if I have any object in life, it is to provide for your being a good, a sensible, and a happy man. I am bent upon it. — Charles Dickens

I can get on with someone really, really, really well ... and if they're no good at having sex with me, it really upsets me, because I think, oh God, this is someone I'd really like to spend the rest of my life with, but I cannot face having bad sex for the rest of my life. — Lily Allen

In August, the Hungarians cut the barbed wire at their border with Austria, creating the first hole in the Eastern Bloc. — Anna Funder