…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
If you ever find yourself cringing at something you did in the past, it means you have grown as a person.
Of course, I have nothing against the language changing, but there must be reasonableness in it, so that it does not become a mere gas can. On the other hand, new words are sometimes added that I wouldn’t do without – for example, “smug”. It’s my new favorite word. It’s a wonderfully oily word, a precise word that covers a certain type of person with a high degree of self-confidence in their own abilities.
I am a bourgeois, but I am not a Left-woman. I was born a bourgeois, and I have always tried not to stand on a pedestal and say that I am a worker. That would be false talk. Nor during the many years when the red hirelings were around and held their noses at the thought of “Matador” and everything else I did. I’m not a peasant either. I was born a bourgeois, but that is why I can criticise the bourgeoisie and their shabby schemes, which I can easily see through.
Ike’s problem was that he was a musician who always wanted to be a star; and he was a star, locally, but never internationally… so he changed his name to Ike and changed my name to Tina, because if I ran away, Tina was his name. It was patented, as they say.
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
Picking your nose does not make you a bad person. It is what you do afterward that defines you.
It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
You should always take women so beautiful that you can get rid of them again.
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.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
A woman with good shoes is never ugly.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you like what you do, you will succeed.
Do you ever miss yourself? The person you were before you had your first heartbreak or before you got betrayed by a person you trusted? I do.
I won! I won! I don’t have to go to school anymore.
I am a trained teacher. But apparently not good at pedagogy
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
My old, wise father once said: Freedom of speech is a right to write and speak, not a duty! But of course: Freedom of speech is by its nature unlimited, and it applies to everyone, even the stupid and provocative.
Shut up it was blowing out there and there was also a Spaniard who did not have learned that with not pissing against the wind. So he pissed and I got his piss on my leg. So I was not entirely happy with that.
Your most difficult opponent is not the one facing you. Human nature, on the other hand, is.
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.
You have to take the wrinkles that come. And all those who get their skin sprayed and look like wounded warriors for a long time, become very little prettier, but look so sour. The smile is actually the best face-lift, I think.
A true master stands up when he cannot.
I will not promise to make history. But nothing is impossible.