Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.

Marian Wright Edelman

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WorkPowerMoneySoulSleepNight

Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included.

Jerry Saltz

ArtMeWorldAmericaHimTwenty

This is the world we live in, isn't it? Tons of spin-offs; people reboot things very quickly. I was amazed how quickly they made a Wolverine movie, then, 'Let's do another origins Wolverine movie.'

Joel Edgerton

LivePeopleWorldThingsMadeMovie

For adults to enjoy something, they need to have intellectual stimulation, something that's related to real life.

Jenova Chen

LifeEnjoyIntellectualNeedReal

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.

Meister Eckhart

TomorrowPresentEndYesterdayNew

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Maya Angelou

TravelLaughFriendsDieWorryCry

The benefit of having a story that takes place in the real world is that you don't have to invent the real world. It exists.

Travis Beacham

WorldStoryYouPlaceRealBenefit

Any set in the world, I feel ridiculous. There's a lot of ridiculousness in my job. The people are the fun part. But, it's not fun enough to do it for free.

Travis Fimmel

JobFunPeopleWorldFreeEnough

I'm not into just one thing; I always felt like I had to have my hand in everything revolving around what I do, whether it's directing videos, making beats, making music, performing.

Travis Scott

MusicHandAlwaysEverythingVideos

In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

Tom Douglas

RulesMcDonaldSeattleSomeJoints

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

Ronnie Spector

MyselfManSleepSingingNightCry

Home is where my house pants live. And they're hideous.

Mary H.K. Choi

HomeLiveHousePantsWhereHideous

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Michel de Montaigne

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