Courtney Milan (Heidi Bond) Quotes
This wasn’t a case of gilding the lily. If there was a lily underneath all that, it had long since been crushed to a pulp. The party stopped in its tracks as she took off her cloak, frozen in wordless contemplation of a wardrobe that made the word “gaudy” sound sweet and demure by contrast.Courtney Milan
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
H. L. Mencken -
I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
Lana Del Rey -
Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
Kate Winslet -
When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
Maggie Gallagher -
If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
Isaac Hayes -
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
Zig Ziglar -
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
Patrick Henry -
People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
Dalia Mogahed -
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
Olivier Martinez -
I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
Laura Robson
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Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.
Barry Ritholtz -
I do think it's possible to change for the better.
Mandy Moore -
Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
Larry Page -
I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
Daniel Dae Kim -
I think I look great in pretty much everything... kidding! For the red carpet, I like to do really natural eyes and a nice sleek ponytail. Sometimes I'm into a really dark rouge, purple bold lip.
Barbara Palvin -
I'm terrible in high heels. I'm so bad.
Lara Stone
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In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.
Janet Leigh -
Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.
Cliff Stearns -
I fear that the migratory crisis signals the beginning of the end of women's rights.
Marine Le Pen -
But fighting to give women and girls a fighting chance isn’t a nice thing to-do. It isn’t some luxury that we get to when we have time on our hands to spend. This is a core imperative for every human being in every society. If we do not continue the campaign for women’s rights and opportunities, the world we want to live, the country we all love and cherish, will not be what it should be.
Hillary Clinton -
I have written time and again about the damage the Republican Party has done to itself with the millennial generation.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
This wasn’t a case of gilding the lily. If there was a lily underneath all that, it had long since been crushed to a pulp. The party stopped in its tracks as she took off her cloak, frozen in wordless contemplation of a wardrobe that made the word “gaudy” sound sweet and demure by contrast.
Courtney Milan