Thinking for yourself is still a radical act
You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language. . . Apache.
Some people have a way with words, and other people. . . oh, uh, not have way.
Be so good they can't ignore you.
Tayend nodded. “I know it won’t. I admit I was worried about you, but you are still your old self, underneath. ” Dannyl straightened in protest. “Underneath what?” The Elyne stood up, waving one hand in Dannyl’s direction. “All…that. ” “I’m reeling at your descriptive clarity,” Dannyl told him.
Remember we were sitting there by the water
The Tarahumara would party like this all night, then rouse themselves the next morning to face off in a running race that could last not two miles, not two hours, but two full days. According to the Mexican historian Francisco Almada, a Tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog in New York City and not stopping till you were closing in on Detroit.
I went to a regular school, not one of those fame academy things.