Repping For The Low Life Quotes & Sayings

To his surprise he ... discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something ... that you cared about a great deal. — Richard Russo

It was not like him to think so much of the past. — Stephen King

Dads had favourite armchairs in which they sat like starship captains, issuing orders and receiving cups of tea and shouting at the news without fear of contradiction. — David Nicholls

First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others. — Michael J. Sandel

Do you look like the photograph on your book jackets? Authors, I find, seldom do. — Hilary Mantel

We all have different competencies. Some of us are intellectually gifted, some of us athletically gifted, some of us are great listeners. Everyone has a different level of what they can do. — Michele Bachmann

He who comes first, eats first. — Eike Of Repgow

Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they're from, have been trying to understand this world of ours. — Nahoko Uehashi

Life is so big. Do not try to fill it. Instead, expand within. You are enough for you. — Bryant McGill

Christianity is, simply, good news. It is the news that something has happened as a result of which the world is a different place — N. T. Wright

Julia had been very very good for a very long time, and the funny thing about that was, if you're too good too much of the time, people start to forget about you. You're not a problem, so people can strike you off their list of things to worry about. Nobody makes a fuss over you. They make a fuss over the bad girls. — Lev Grossman

You throw away the substance from which life is made of when you waste time — Sunday Adelaja

On various shows, I've been the producing-director, the executive producer-director; and if you were working with the material you love with the right group of people, it's an incredible job to be doing. — Lesli Linka Glatter