#mon

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part. ↗

— Lily Collins

#famous #get #having #last #may

I’m glad it was Dylan who laughed first. Once he did I felt myself unravel. I giggled and he giggled. We were the experiment. And then there came a time when we weren’t laughing. When we locked eyes and breathed each other’s breath. Ohmystars! The firmament shakes and then everything settles. In the end everything settles. ↗

— Simmone Howell

#love #sex #simmone-howell #beauty

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#art #called #chandler #disciple #essays

Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#much #playboy #some #stock #tied

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#breed #does #done #give #inevitably

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#around #character #common #dependent #existence

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun. ↗

— Cat Cora

#chefs #difference #fun #gives #heart

To me, money is the ability to create lifelong experiences for my family and myself, to educate my children and a way to give back to humanity. ↗

— Cat Cora

#back #children #create #educate #experiences

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.' ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#four #house #market #months #more

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated