Tupac Keep It Real Quotes & Sayings

In all circumstances serenity of mind should be maintained, and conversation should be conducted as never to mar the harmony of the surroundings. The cut and color of the dress, the poise of the body, and the manner of walking could all be made expressions of artistic personality. These were matters not to be lightly ignored, for until one has made himself beautiful he has no right to approach beauty. — Okakura Kakuzo

I firmly believe that if you're really unhappy with something, then you should go ahead and change it. — Whitney Port

As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie" I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me ... Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence. — Don McLean

My body gets excited without my permission, and it's not okay. It's out of control. I don't like out of control, but I like Wallace. — Francesca Zappia

Unfortunately, parents who put a priority on saving kids from frustration and teachers who put a priority on challenging their students often butt heads, and consequently, the parent-teacher partnership has reached a breaking point. Teaching has become a push and pull between opposing forces in which parents want teachers to educate their children with increasing rigor, but reject those rigorous lessons as "too hard" or "too frustrating" for their children to endure. Parents rightly feel protective of their children's self-esteem, but teachers too often bear the brunt of parental ire. — Jessica Lahey

I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon. — Penelope Cruz

True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike. — David Mallet

The past has come apart
events are vagueing
the future is inexploitable — Mina Loy

All iron comes from stars," Seeker replied, her hand still not quite brushing the hilt of the blade. "It's the last element they can burn before they go nova. Iron's the skeletons of stars, and it's what makes our blood red. I — Elizabeth Bear

Photography is a hobby born out of my time in undergrad at USC. It is more of a pleasurable hobby, a stress reliever. I don't consider it a professional endeavor like acting or directing. — Lee Thompson Young

A woman will be inclined to repeat a request that doesn't get a response because she is convinced that her husband would do what she asks, if he only understood that she really wants him to do it. But a man who wants to avoid feeling that he is following orders may instinctively wait before doing what she asked, in order to imagine that he is doing it of his own free will. — Deborah Tannen

Every thought about death takes a moment of life away. — Dejan Stojanovic

Besides, if you lump them all together because they're German, how does that makes you any different from the way they lump us all together just because we're Jews? — Jodi Picoult