Pfaffenhausen Quotes & Sayings

I'm 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made feel angry, and then it made me laugh. — Maggie Gyllenhaal

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct. — Christina Ricci

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

God gave me a second chance. I am so very glad with what is going on with my career, but I want to be a success in my relationship with my children. — El DeBarge

The temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty. — James Madison

To be a rainbow in someone's cloud is commendable, but I prefer to be the rain because it dampens cheeks and washes away tears. — Richelle E. Goodrich

If we divide human attributes into "masculine" and "feminine" and strengthen only those attributes that "belong" to that sex, we cut off half of ourselves from ourselves as human beings, condemned forever to search for our other half. The world is in desperate need of multilayered human beings with the voices, stamina, and insight to break through our current calcified ways of doing things, (...) The patriarchal structures of honor, shame, violence, and might is right, do as much harm to Hamlet, Edgar, Lear, and Coriolanus as they do to Ophelia, Desdemona, Lady Macduff (...)
(...) To have feelings, intuitive flights of understanding, a desire to have knowledge of what is happening below the surface, to serve. These are often called "feminine" attributes, and it is true that many women in the plays possess them. But they also belong to Kent, Ferdinand, Florizel, Camillo, as well as the women. So they are not "feminine" attributes: they are human attributes. — Tina Packer

I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways. — Amy Adams

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman. — Oscar De La Renta

Craig inscribed something in the journal and Bob walked over to study the entry. "Does the name Bob Ford mean anything to you?

Craig dipped his quill in the ink bottle and scripted cursively on a brown blotter. "Is that your actual name or your alias?"

"Actual," said Bob, and he grinned with delight when he saw the name recorded in Craig's elegant calligraphy. "Pretty soon all of America will know who Bob Ford is. — Ron Hansen

Nothing lasts. Not love, not grief. — Susan Goodman

I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life. — Erik Hersman

Happiness is the purpose of humans so it must need to be for the good of others otherwise one's happiness could hurt many others. — Zaman Ali

Speaking as a phenomenologist, it seems to me that a considerable portion of mind wandering actually is "mental avoidance behaviour", an attempt to cope with adverse internal stimuli or to protect oneself from a deeper processing of information that threatens self-esteem. — Thomas Metzinger

In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats. — Tom Cole