it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Renee Repound

Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.

Eve Glicksman

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Rabindranath Tagore

Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.

Marge Piercy

The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name.

Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?

King Abdullah II

I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man.

Jean Harlow

Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.

David Caruso

I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.

John Wooden

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

Dave Chappelle

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.

Quentin Tarantino