I was proud, excited and a little frightened. It was all taking off so quickly…the more successful the boys were, the further away from me John felt. I was getting used to being a mum, but most of the time I felt like a single parent…it was hard not to feel frustrated with being stuck at home. I loved Julian, but I knew that if I hadn’t had him I could have seen much more of John and that was hard…I felt shut off from the life he was living. After years at his side, I was excluded, just as it was all happening.
It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
Can placebos cause side effects? If so, are the side effects real?
Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government, regardless of the cost; on the other, those who want less government, regardless of the need. . . . Government has a role, and an important role. Yet, too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy. . . . Government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design.
God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.
It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.
By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite people to make their self-portraits. I see myself as their walking photo booth.
I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose.
There's a dark side to everything.
One day I will rule the world with a goat by my side!
The bonds of love are what connect us to the other side.
Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around.
Maca boosts sex drive like crazy. And if there's any side effect, some people just have to stop taking it because they get so sexually stimulated. . . Kind of makes you feel a little like a superhero.
Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun.
Nirvana and enlightenment exist just on the other side of your sensory perceptions and your thoughts.
It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?