‘Well, that you can choose choices but not outcomes. But I stand by what I said. It was a good choice.
“Here’s what I believe: Your reality is totally up for grabs; if you don’t create your own life, someone else will create something based on their own agenda and project that on you. Don’t let them do it, my loves. Don’t let them tell you that their something is bigger than your everything.”
― Paris: The Memoir
― Paris: The Memoir
“My usual was two packages of peanut M&M’s and a box of Good & Plenty, with soft black licorice inside the hard pink or white cylindrical shells. It was like eating jewelry.”
― My Name Is Barbra
― My Name Is Barbra
“in the short run brutality always wins; it takes longer for amity to prevail.”
― Caribbean
― Caribbean
“I didn’t love Jane in that swept-away sense. I didn’t put her needs first or think about trying to surprise or delight her. I didn’t take time out of my daily life to find that “special something” for her.”
― Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir
― Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir
“I choose to be happy, in spite of whatever drama that is going on in my life.”
― The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
― The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
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