“I've always thought that the President could do so much here to help change images. If the President would go into a public bathroom in the Capitol, and have the TV cameras film him cleaning the toilets and saying 'Why not? Somebody's got to do it!' then that would do so much for the morale of the people who do the wonderful job of keeping the toilets clean. I mean, it is a wonderful thing that they're doing.”
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“Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet.”
“My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply.”
“I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.”
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
“A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.”
“Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits.”
“Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.”
“When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.”
“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.”
“He is the richest who is content with the least.”
“For those who may be hurting over lost love: Don't cry because it is over... smile because it happened.”
“Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.”
“Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.”
“The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.”
“Don't wait until there is tragedy in your life. Don't wait until you lose somebody. Don't wait until it's too late. Appreciate the beautiful people that you have in your life now.”
“Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.”
“I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.”
“He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.”
“Only the small things in life are important”