“I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 267 of 709
“Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.”
“I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.”
“Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth.”
“Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.”
“I felt much better when I started to become myself a bit more and to spend time with people who I genuinely liked as opposed to the people I felt I should be spending time with.”
“My favorite thing about movies is the ending and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.”
“I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.”
“The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give.”
“Grandparenthood is one of life's rewards for surviving your own children.”
“Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine shoot, I was bowled over. I couldn't believe she was only fourteen. She filled out a swimsuit better than I did. We did the pictures, including one shot of me teaching her to float. With that superstructure of hers, she floated just fine. What she couldn't do was sink.”
“My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.”
“Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions suffer. Your company suffers. Love those close to you: Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationship is.”
“I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God.”
“I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of a friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on the rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - what else is there? What else do we need?”
“The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job.”
“I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.”
“Spending more time with friends and family costs nothing. Nor does walking, cooking, meditating, making love, reading or eating dinner at the table instead of in front of the television. Simply resisting the urge to hurry is free.”
“To live in the hearts of others is to never die in those we leave behind.”
“The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.”