Michael Jackson Quotes

Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don't force into adulthood.

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• I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.'

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Beauty

• In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Everybody
  • Campaign
  • Must

• I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Women
  • Guy
  • Me

• I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Done
  • Weird
  • Doing

• Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Success
  • Victory
  • Obstacles

• No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very public. I'm really low-key and I don't need to be the center of attention.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Attention
  • Woman
  • Acting

• I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Think
  • Spring
  • Makeup

• Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Trying
  • Why
  • Change

• I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Want
  • Film
  • Albums

• Don't diss me, Danvers. I'm warning you.""I'm not dissing you," Claire sighed. "I'm ignoring you. There's a difference. Dissing you implies I think you're actually important.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Important
  • Difference
  • Danvers

• You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry." I'm hungry for other things besides what I have," [Clover] argued.

  

  Robert Farrell Smith
  • Food
  • Winter

• Companies in Mexico are not going to do well if they don't have some connection to not just markets, but also suppliers and technology from the United States.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Technology
  • Connection
  • United States

• I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.

  

  Kevin James
  • Trying
  • Guy
  • Everyday

• Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture can shine your heart or transmit anxiety. Your breath can radiate love or muddy the room in depression. Your glance can awaken joy. Your words can inspire freedom. Your every act can open hearts and minds.

  

  David Deida
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Freedom

• If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Business
  • Care
  • Criticism

• The usefulest truths are the plainest.

  

  William Penn
  • Truth

• How do you know that nonsense isn't a good thing? If human nonsense had been nurtured and developed for centuries, just as intelligence has, then perhaps something extraordinarily precious could have come from it.

  

  Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Human
  • Nonsense
  • Developed

• If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.

  

  Simon Sinek
  • Parent
  • Grows
  • Fixed

• The times in my life I've felt the most alive is when I'm having a connection with people. We need to hack cities in a way to bring back that community culture.

  

  John Zimmer
  • Culture
  • Community
  • Connection

• Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don't force into adulthood.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Force
  • Adulthood