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If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. Stephen King
Anthony Kiedis quote: "Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best..."
Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions. Anthony Kiedis
George Gershwin quote: "Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise."
Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise. George Gershwin
Yes, we gave her drugs - we wanted to free her from those sinister clinics up in the hills, from those men in white coats who know best. Bibi needed to soar over our heads, dreaming her amphetamine dreams, coming off the beach in the evening and leading everyone into the cocaine night. J. G. Ballard
Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare. Henry James
Independence & self-reliance had no cultural purchase; indeed, they could scarcely be conceived, let alone prized...The best course was humbly to accept the identity to which destiny assigned you: the ploughman needed only to know how to plough, the weaver to weave, the monk to pray. Stephen Greenblatt
Rollo May quote: "Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the..."
Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man Rollo May
Everything began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn’t even anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord. It was part of the bubbling.(from the essay Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s To Be Said) C. S. Lewis
Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument; then collected the information about child-psychology and decided what age group I’d write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out ‘allegories’ to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. (from the essay Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s To Be Said) C. S. Lewis
Candace Bushnell quote: "sometimes the best thing to do is topretend it didn't happen"
sometimes the best thing to do is topretend it didn't happen Candace Bushnell
Yoko Ono quote: "Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty..."
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man. Yoko Ono
Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of Samuel Beckett
To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love. Terry Goodkind
No man demands what he desires; each man demands what he fancies he can get. Soon people forget what the man really wanted first; and after a successful and vigorous political life, he forgets it himself. The whole is an extravagant riot of second bests, a pandemonium of pis-aller. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Rob Lowe quote: "The best part is not the biggest, it's the one that's most..."
The best part is not the biggest, it's the one that's most memorable. Rob Lowe

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