#lent

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever. ↗

— Chazz Palminteri

#forever #life #make #saddest #saddest thing

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#characteristics #cheered #excellent #excellent man #grieved

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#animosity #arise #cause #familiarity #great

I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#brightest #class #conversations #desk #even

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#heart #knows #nothing #reason #reasons

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. ↗

— James Payn

#benevolent #denying #far #hear #himself

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome. ↗

— Anne Perry

#been #conventions #deal #excellent #extraordinarily

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun. ↗

— Katy Perry

#board #chief #critics #fantastic #fun

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#discipline #dramatic #hard #hard work #i

Violent crime rates fell steadily from 1993 to 2002, and this nearly coincides with the establishment of the community policing program known as the COPS program under the Clinton administration. ↗

— Alan Mollohan

#clinton #clinton administration #coincides #community #cops