It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.
We may hold different points of view but it is in times of stress and difficulty that we most need to remember that we have much more in common than there is dividing us.
Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.
Der er kun én succes – at kunne tilbringe dit liv på din egen måde.
Don’t prepare the path for the child, prepare the child for the path.
I had to go through so horribly much before I found out to skip where the fence is lowest.
Sometimes it’s strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I’m surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but no one wants to know about me.
If you’re a giver, remember to learn your limits. Because the takers don’t have any.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
Sometimes you need to let go of everything – cleanse yourself. If you’re unhappy with something… whatever it is that’s dragging you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self, comes out.
Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you like what you do, you will succeed.
I don’t hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hate the sexy image, hate the pictures of me on stage, hate the big vulgar person. On stage, I act the whole time I’m there. As soon as I come out of those songs, I’m Tina again.
It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
It’s – sorry my French – some damn nonsense. There are certainly also pig farmers and cattle farmers who go in clean boots and clothes. You will probably find most of them, so that is why it is nonsense.
If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later.
If you can not join them, beat them.
We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm.
An amazing breathlessness arises because we fill our lives with emptiness and Facebook. In a discussion about the empty calories of Facebook, someone close to me said with great seriousness: “I have 190 friends on Facebook.” Then I replied: “Yes, but hardly one of them will pick up your coffin the day you leave here.” Why not use the time for some fewer and real friends in the real world.
I can’t give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody.
If one is not happy with oneself, then why should others be?
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
I was mortified that she disappeared before me, sitting at her writing desk, surrounded by classical music. A cerut in hand and a glass of whisky within reach.
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying.