Rob Sheffield
Related TUPAC SHAKUR RACHEL COHN There’s only so many times you can fight before the only person you fight for is yourself. S.R. CRAWFORD JEAN-PAUL SARTRE KATIE MCGARRY In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing ... DANIEL M. GILBERT Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh... DOROTHY B. HUGHES There’s no such thing as innocence any more," the girl said, "there’s only ignorance. You think ... ELEANOR CATTON JOHN HENRIK CLARKE You feel it too, don’t you?” I don’t have to ask her what she’s talking about. I felt it the... J. SAMAN COLLEEN HOOVER Look,’ she said, sidling a little closer to him in the lift. ‘I understand this wasn’t what yo... AMY ANDREWS RICHELLE MEAD RINGO STARR To love yourself completely, in spite of all your faults and foibles, is THE work. For only when you... DONNA M THOMAS Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU The only constant you have from Point A, your birth to Point B, your death is you. There is no point... TYLER OAKLEY BOB MARLEY J.K. ROWLING STEVE HARVEY You are the only best friend of yourself. Because you are the only one who knows about yourself as n... NISHI DE SILVA When you are not in denial about yourself and know who you are you can accept yourself more. Try to ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA ELIZABETH SCOTT BIPASHA BASU LISA KLEYPAS The bald girl i emblematic of the problem. The problem is, for some reason you think you are going t... JAY MCINERNEY MICHAEL GRANT STEPHEN RICHARDS JANET FITCH You will never truly see the best in yourself when you are only seeing the worst in every one else a... ANDONI GARCIA Your in Love, when a mirror turns into glass. Instead of seeing yourself, you see her instead of you... JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM JACKSON PEARCE There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s... NICOLA YOON TARRYN FISHER CHINA MIéVILLE Surround yourself with people that love you and accept you exactly for who and what you are. The onl... LUIS ALMONTE L.J. SMITH your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING ANTHONY T. HINCKS And I realized that some things just don't work that way. Life isn't a fairy tail. And the person yo... BETHANY BROOKBANK When there’s nothing left to burn,you have to set yourself on fire of passion. DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA C. JOYBELL C. COLLEEN HOUCK When you're traveling you need to take care of yourself to get by, you have to keep an eye on yourse... OLGA TOKARCZUK Fairy tales thrive on black and white. In life, there’s only grey – no bad guys, no good guys. Y... ARNOLD ARRE Love is the best thing there ever is. There’s no words to describe it. You wouldn’t be able to f... UZAIR ALAM DEMI LOVATO Self respect gives us true awareness about ourselves and is the foundation for self-love. When you a... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA And Ghostly, everyone thinks they know Paleandghostly, everyone thinks Paleandghostly doesn’t need... RAINJOY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD KAMAND KOJOURI ANN AGUIRRE Look, girls know when they’re cute,” he said. “You don’t have to tell them. All they need to... DANIEL AMORY She’s an original! She doesn’t need to compete, copy, or envy other women. The confidence that�... STEPHANIE LAHART GERMAN PROVERB If I had a daughter, here's what I'd tell her: PATRICIA V. DAVIS JOHN C. MAXWELL MARISSA MEYER AKIROQ BROST There’s an innocence to her still that amazes me. Sometimes I forget she’s older than me. Then, ... ZOE CRUZ ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I stand before her, meeting her eye to eye and nose to nose. My head takes a slight bow as I clench ... CAMERON JACE SIMONE ELKELES When you connect with yourself you will find the existence of your higher-self. It will be then that... TYLER J. HEBERT The only person you need to be credible to is yourself. When you stand in front of the mirror and no... AFROJACK DEREK LANDY KARL LAGERFELD [Helen White] told us she found him dressed only in a bloody sheet, ... The family is very upset. CHRIS SULLIVAN My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE TAHEREH MAFI When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your produc... LAURA BELL BUNDY Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you. F. JOHNSON Eventually, my grandfather said: TéA OBREHT YOU can become fully conscious only when you are living in the moment. To begin to live in the momen... BARRY LONG When you can no longer recognize yourself in the mirror, the only way to see yourself then is in the... FATHOM JODI PICOULT JORDAN BELFORT KAMAND KOJOURI ROSEMARIE URQUICO The universe only laughs at you when you can't laugh at yourself. DOMINIC C. HOWARTH True Love is when you fall in love all over again just thinking about her and remembering all the me... MICHAEL HENDERSON I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't li... DAN MARINO SCOTT HAWKINS MEHMET MURAT ILDAN ANN AGUIRRE There’s no lonelier feeling than when a crowd of people is staring at you and there’s nowhere to... JAY EBBEN HARUKI MURAKAMI I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for ... ROY CROFT ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING If there’s one thing I learned in Alanon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just gr... VICKI COVINGTON KATHRYN STOCKETT When you honor your true inner desires, and don’t become sexually involved when you don’t really... LINDA ALFIORI There’s nothing wrong with you at all. Sometimes people say or do things that are mean because the... NATHAN REESE MAHER CHRIS CRUTCHER There’s a reason why one master teacher said, “Love your enemies.” He wasn’t preaching some ... DEREK RYDALL CASSANDRA CLARE
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There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople bill... 
You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint—ask yourself who wrote them. I assure yo... 
You talk a lot about this amazing flow of time but you hardly see it. you see a women, you think tha... 
She’s my daughter. The only one I have and the only child I’ll ever have. I see the fear in her ... 
Racists will always call you a racist when you identify their racism. To love yourself now - is a fo... 
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She’s not just any Moroi. She’s royal. A princess. And you’ve seen how she is! Smart and stron... 
And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White... 
Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one... 
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Don’t tease,” she muttered, trembling with need. “I can’t bear it.” 
She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all ... 
When you fight yourself to discover the real you, there is only one winner. 
She’s never where she is,' I said. 'She’s only inside her head. 
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So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .” 
No one blames her."
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