“I don't believe in mistakes. Never have. I believe that there are a multitude of paths before us and it's just a matter of which way we walk home. I don't believe in regret. If you regret things about your life, than I'll bet that you're not paying attention. Regret is just imagining that you know what would have happened if you took that job in California or married your high-school sweetheart or just looked one more time before you stepped out into the street ... or didn't. But you don't know; you can't possibly know.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveMatterHomeSchoolJobsI BelieveWalksAttentionMistakePathHappenedStreetsRegretMarriedHigh SchoolDon't BelievePay AttentionCaliforniaMore TimeMultitudesSweetheart Book:Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You Source: Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You
“Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class.” YearsBookClassFourHappenedCenturyFashionPagesEnglandDressesMovedCaliforniaDevotedWorking Class19th CenturyBack WhenVictorian Author:Bill Vaughan
“Too many Broadway actors in motion pictures lost their grip on success--had a feeling that none of it had ever happened on that sun-drenched coast, that the coast itself did not exist, there was no California. It had dropped away like a hasty dream and nothing could ever have been like the things they thought they remembered.” Has BeensFeelingsDreamActorsLostActingSunHappenedCaliforniaRememberedMovieCoastBroadwayMotion PicturesHasty Author:Mae West
“What happened was I began to eventually lose everything because cocaine had such a hold on me. I wouldn't show up to do things I had been hired to do - whether it was film for a video or do an ad for a magazine or something. I'd be out partying with cocaine. Eventually, I began to lose everything. So, I left California and went back to Alabama in an attempt to try to get my life together - but geographical location didn't necessarily help me because the real problem was in me.” TryingRealHelpingShowsProblemTogetherFilmLeftLosesPartyHappenedVideoMagazinesCaliforniaHelp MeAdsLocationCocaineReal ProblemsAlabamaLife Together Author:Jay Haizlip
“My interest in acting was overwhelming, but I wasn't thinking, "I'm going to California and I'm going to become a movie star." Things were different then. I lived just for the moment, and whatever happened, happened.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsStarsInterestActingHappenedCaliforniaOverwhelmingMovie Star Author:Louise Fletcher
“If you look at Paris, they didn't have guns and they were slaughtered. If you look at what happened in California, they didn't have guns, they were slaughtered. They could've protected themselves if they had guns.” IfsLooksHappenedGunCaliforniaParisProtected Author:Dalia Mogahed
“The Dalai Lama acknowledges that he's met Westerners who to some extent are clearly Easterners at heart, and he would never want them not to become Buddhists just because they happened to be born in California.” WantHeartBornHappenedMetsBuddhistCaliforniaAcknowledgeLamaDalaiWesterners Author:Pico Iyer