Courtney Milan (Heidi Bond) Quotes

Nothing was what she was; nothing was what she gave to those foolish enough to care for her. Nothing was what she deserved, and so nothing had been what she got. It didn’t matter how hard she tried or what she did.

Courtney Milan

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• I retweet Amnesty International tweets a lot. It isn't just, 'This person is incarcerated unjustly.' It's also, 'This person was just released.' Those are the victories we work toward, so if we don't inform people of the victories, it does become doom and gloom.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • People
  • Work
  • Victories

• I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Know

• I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Love
  • Road
  • Husband

• In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Power

• I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Up
  • World
  • Want

• I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Believe
  • Feel
  • I Believe

• When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Up
  • World
  • High

• I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Long
  • Myself
  • Journey

• I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Up
  • Acting
  • Give

• Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'

  

  Naomi Klein
  • People
  • Kids
  • Me

• Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Like
  • Things
  • Force

• Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Power
  • Alone
  • Greatest

• The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Character
  • Names
  • Places

• As a PC gaming enthusiast, a significant chunk of my time and money was spent building and upgrading my rig, always in pursuit of a better gaming experience. At some point, I decided to take a look past my three 3D monitors and figure out what the absolute best theoretical gaming setup would be.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • Time
  • Money
  • Experience

• Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Rhythm
  • Instrument
  • Moves

• I could stand to lose some weight.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Lose
  • Stand
  • Weight

• Everything good and bad about technology would be magnified by implanting it deep in brains. Is the risk of brain-hacking outweighed by the societal benefits of faster, deeper communication, and the ability to augment our own intelligence?

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Technology

• Much to cast down, much to build, much to restore.

  

  T. S. Eliot

• Willow: Tell me a story.Tara: Okay. Once upon a time, there was, um... a kitty. She was very little, and she was all alone, and nobody wanted her.Willow: This is a very upsetting story.

  

  Amber Benson
  • Time
  • She
  • Alone

• Nous avons des remèdes pour faire parler les femmes; nous n'en avons pas pour les faire taire.

  

  Anatole France

• When I create a story, I can make it however funny, sad, or happy I want it to be. And when I read, I feel like I'm in the story, and I get to experience it. It feels like I'm watching someone else do something, but I'm doing the thing that the character is doing as well.

  

  Marley Dias
  • Character
  • Experience
  • Happy

• Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn't mean you have to go feeling that way forever. You can sing about that for the rest of your life, but that doesn't mean things aren't going to change in your own life.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Rest

• Nothing was what she was; nothing was what she gave to those foolish enough to care for her. Nothing was what she deserved, and so nothing had been what she got. It didn’t matter how hard she tried or what she did.

  

  Courtney Milan
  • She
  • Nothing
  • Deserved