Joel Burns Quotes

My Methodist upbringing was very formative in my politics. I was born in 1969, and there was all this ecumenical 'we're in this together' sensitivity that was part of the United Methodist Church in the 1970s.

Joel Burns

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TogetherPoliticsChurchBornUnited

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

Jessica Sanchez

MeOpportunitiesThoughtLuckyNever

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

Melissa Etheridge

LifeMyselfStillnessKnowOwnOff

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.

Andie MacDowell

MeYouLookWantGrandmotherOld

So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.

Stephen J. Cannell

DarknessPeopleEnergyYouCreate

Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.

Amity Gaige

BadOthersPrettyPoetBeenOh

Positivity helps with everything in life.

Stella Maxwell

LifeEverythingPositivityHelps

There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.

Rudolf Bing

LifeNightDownManagerFirstOpera

Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.

Michael Servetus

TruthOthersSeenErrorAgreeMust

I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and song that I perform.

Lizz Wright

RelationshipSongConversationJazz

I thought it was great being the only girl in the room. I loved the attention. After I got used to it, I didn't want to be the only girl in the room. I had no one to talk to.

Dawn Steel

GirlGreatThoughtLovedAttention

The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us.

Chelsea Manning

WomenHealthResponsibilityPrison

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Pierre Corneille

OvercomeAlwaysWhoDesiresOnce

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