Rasheedah Thomas Quotes & Sayings

Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all the times I've seen it proved right.
"The common good and the individual good rarely coincide ... "
Sure, I know, it's true.
But some truths are probably worse than lies. — Sergei Lukyanenko

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. — Charles Morgan

It's not the length of man's life that establishes his importance and influence, in fact, the length of a man's life has very little to do with it's impact. — John F. MacArthur Jr.

A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature. For, although the works of nature are innumerable and all different, the result or the expression of them all is similar and single. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went to the bathroom on himself ... but we never had the kid who came in one day and started shooting everyone. — Bill Simmons

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. — Ayn Rand

I felt as if I had more to learn than I had time on earth. — Anita Amirrezvani

The relationship I have with my mother now, and photographing her in front of the grave, it opens up discussions, and dealings with the conversations with my mother about, when I was little, how we lived and about suicide and talking about it, so it's something positive, it brought us more together, because people might never discuss that. Some families never go near certain subjects because it's too hurtful or too close or too dangerous. But within doing these photographs, I also wanted to open up a conversation with her about certain things about life. — Jurgen Teller

They may be smarter than you. They may have more money than you. They may come from a different city or a better family. But they can NEVER outwork you. And they can NEVER outprepare you. And they just can't outpractice you. And that's why you'll win. — Robin Sharma

My mom can cook really good Cuban food, so we go eat there on the regular. And the Cuban coffee - you know how you drink coffee at a really young age. — Dominik Garcia-Lorido

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground. — Tea Obreht

What is a good story?--one that keeps you spellbound and with good reason. — Miranda A. Uyeh

Sony and Nickelodeon knew they wanted to create a TV show that was a platform for a band they would have for Sony. They knew what they wanted, and it took two years of auditions and screen tests and countless people coming in and out the door until they finally settled on the four of us. — James Maslow