“I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!” Quote by Charlotte Lamb
“[On a high school visit by Destiny's Child:] Then they appeared, golden Glamazons resplendent in hot pants the size of a dryer sheet and gold stiletto boots. The kids in the front row, clearly on funkiness overload, had the walleyed look of the Today's Catch section of the supermarket.” LooksChildrenKidsTodaySchoolDestinyFrontsHigh SchoolGoldHotSizeGoldenPantsBootsSheetsSectionsSupermarketsOverloadDryersStilettosHot Pants Author:Jancee Dunn
“I grew up in New Jersey in the '80s. That means one thing: Big hair. ... I had big hair, my boyfriends had big hair, we all had big hair. Our prom looked like the poodle division of the Westminster dog show.” MeanShowsBigsOne ThingDogHairGrewGrew UpDivision80sJerseyNew JerseyMy BoyfriendPromPoodlesWestminsterBig Hair Author:Jancee Dunn
“if your subject is an actor, he or she will also be shorter in person than they appear onscreen. This, also, you must keep to yourself. Even if you think you are giving their lack of height a positive spin, you aren't. 'You always seem larger than life in photos, but it's nice to see that in person you're just like us' might seem like a compliment, but what a star hears is 'You're stumpy, and you will lose jobs to taller people.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingPersonsSeemsMightJobsActorsStarsLosesNiceSubjectsHeightComplimentSensitivityLarger Than LifeKeep To Yourself Author:Jancee Dunn
“By the very fact of public life, one seems to lose humanity in people's eyes.” PeopleFactsSeemsEyeHumanityLosesPublic Life Author:Abigail McCarthy
“When I was young I thought of friendship as a matter of total loyalty and unchanging preference and I was often disappointed. But as an adult I had come to see that it was more the refraction of some total faithfulness and joy of which we all had some primordial notion. The exchange of trust and the experience of understanding between two people was like a sign or witness to the possibilitity of eternal caring and understanding and communication.” PeopleTwoMatterYoungJoyUnderstandingFriendshipCommunicationEternalAdultsNotionCaringLoyaltyWitnessDisappointedPreferenceFaithfulnessUnchanging Author:Abigail McCarthy
“I don't think life offers any greater experience than the joyful sense of recognition when one finds in a new acquaintance a real friend, or when an old relationship deepens into friendship, or when one finds an old friendship intact despite the passage of years and many absences.” ThinkingYearsRealFriendshipGreaterOffersAbsenceDespiteRecognitionPassagesJoyfulReal FriendsAcquaintanceOld FriendsOld FriendshipNew AcquaintancesOld Relationship Author:Abigail McCarthy
“growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.” GrowthDemocracyEssenceResponsibleOppressionDivisionDissent Author:Abigail McCarthy
“the apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.” PoliticsCitizensAverageApathyComprehensionInattention Author:Abigail McCarthy
“One is not allowed a grief for a life never lived. Yet one has buried the fruit of love, and a great deal of hope and many dreams.” DreamDealsGriefRegretFruitBuried Author:Abigail McCarthy
“It is hard for many people today to make the distinction between religion and religiosity, the latter a dangerous parody of the former.” PeopleHardTodayReligionDangerousFormerDistinctionLatterParody Author:Abigail McCarthy