The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does. William Blake
Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn’t enough. The absence of noise isn’t the presence of justice – and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other ‘Fergusons’ around America. Jesse Jackson
Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don’t play the starter minutes, when you don’t play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform. Iman Shumpert
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. Rabindranath Tagore
Oh, 1994, April 27. There won’t be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before. Desmond Tutu
The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. Aldous Huxley
In retrospect, I do think it’s fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts of what connecting people and giving people a voice can bring. Mark Zuckerberg
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. Blaise Pascal
Whenever I have time, I do my fitness. I go running on my own on Sundays or on Eid. I’d rather gym every day than go watch movies. Imran Tahir
And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover. Bob Schieffer
Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Ernest Hemingway
I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans. Taylor Swift
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they’re owed, but I don’t expect them to be paid more than they earn. Dolly Parton
It’s time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them. Pete Buttigieg
These critics with the illusions they’ve created about artists – it’s like idol worship. They only like people when they’re on their way up… I cannot be on the way up again. John Lennon
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. Aristotle
The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you’ll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don’t use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing. Wayne Dyer
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Henry David Thoreau
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one’s sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one’s character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. William James
If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses. John C. Maxwell
People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington. Mike Pence
You can’t just slander someone, defame them, lie about them. You can’t incite people to crime. There’s all sorts of reasonable restrictions on free speech that are already codified in the British common-law system. Jordan Peterson
Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it. Joe Biden
Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want. Shirley Chisholm
The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually. Joyce Meyer