Valerie Sinason Quotes

the number of children and adults tortured in the name of mainstream religious orthodoxy historically outweighs onslaught by Satanists ~ Valerie Sinason

And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight. ~ Valerie Simpson

We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive. ~ Valerie Harper

I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to learn. ~ Valerie Azlynn

Not since Cassandra Wilson's Blue Light Til Dawn has a vocalist cast such an entrancing spell as Valerie Joyce does on New York Blue. ~ Bill Milkowski

When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing. ~ Valerie June

Sometimes you have to be in solitude with yourself, listening to your own heartbeat and acknowledging the brilliance God created as you. ~ Valerie Winrow

Nobody is going to come along and sprinkle magic fairy dust on you. If you want to change your life, you need to find the courage to stand up and fight. ~ Valerie Silveira

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it. ~ Valerie Simpson

First, no other animals have the same mirroring effect as horses, meaning they will mirror humans' emotions. Second, they are not judgmental or biased. And third, they live within a social structure, heir herds, much the same as we do. ~ Valerie Ormond

As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music. ~ Valerie June

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. ~ Valerie Simpson

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight. ~ Valerie Trierweiler

We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together. ~ Valerie Jarrett

We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible. ~ Valerie Jarrett

When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world. ~ Valerie June

Amelia looked at the eggs-like sickly, jaundiced eyes-and thought of her own eggs, a handful left, old shrivelled like musty dried fruit where once they must have been bursting toward the light- ~ Kate Atkinson

Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. ~ Valerie Solanas

The male is a biological accident: the Y (male) gene is an incomplete X (female) gene, that has an incomplete set of chromosomes ... ~ Valerie Solanas

To fear an inner life, she thought, was the greatest foolishness. It was like fearing a breath of air. Why did people find it harder to admit to a universe within than without? Why trust, for a moment, one's own absurd measurement of either? ~ Valerie Martin

What did you forget I existed? ~ Valerie Thompson

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress. ~ Valerie Jarrett

I have obsessed about my weight in some sort of way all my life. I used to write in my journal what I weighed every day. ~ Valerie Bertinelli

The male has a
negative Midas Touch -- everything he touches turns to shit. ~ Valerie Solanas

As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unselfconciously to the soughing of the trees. ~ Valerie Andrews

Every man, deep down, knows he's a worthless piece of shit. ~ Valerie Solanas

He put a dark place in me and I can't forgive him for that. But it's a part of me now and how can I regret what I am - though it often makes me sad. ~ Valerie Martin

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom. ~ Valerie June

Omigod," Valerie said. "Unh!" And her water broke. It was an explosion of water. A tidal wave. We're talking Hoover Dam quantity water. Water everywhere ... but mostly on Cal. Cal had been standing at the bottom of the gurney. Cal was totally slimed from the top of his head to his knees. It dripped off the end of his nose and ran in rivulets down his bald head. Valerie drew her legs up, the sheet fell away, and Cal gaped at the sight in front of him. Julie stuck her head around for a look. "Uh-oh," Julie said, "there's a foot sticking out. Guess this is going to be a breech baby." That was when Cal fainted. CRASH. Cal went over like he was a giant redwood cut down by Paul Bunyan. Windows rattled and the building shook. Everyone clustered around Cal. ~ Janet Evanovich

Grant kissed my neck that I offered up like a willing victim in True Blood. Take me ... Bite me. Lick me. Oh this was madness! Glorious, wonderful madness!
-Julie
From: A New Addiction ~ Valerie Alexander

with? Fat, fat, fat! In the next chapter, you'll begin to see that fat is actually your friend - as long as you're consuming the right kind. ~ Valerie J. Burke

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards. ~ Valerie Simpson

Being asked for one's advice is always flattering ~ Valerie Fitzgerald

I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others. ~ Valerie Harper

SCUM will become members of the unwork force, the fuck-up force; they will get jobs of various kinds and unwork... SCUM office and factory workers, in addition to fucking up their work, will secretly destroy equipment. SCUM will unwork at a job until fired, then get a new job to unwork at. ~ Valerie Solanas

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part. ~ Valerie June

Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life. ~ Valerie Simpson

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing. ~ Valerie June

The stiletto is the icon of erotic femininity. You're taller, thinner and curvier, all at the same time. What's not to like? ~ Valerie Steele

Life is like Avant Garde. It will make you uncomfortable, and leave the room. But always remember to come back and watch the artist bow. ~ Valerie Cruz

Don't write what you know - what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you - and interests you deeply - and your readers will catch fire at your words. ~ Valerie Sherwood

The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair. ~ Valerie Bertinelli

Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to. ~ Valerie June

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not. ~ Valerie Bertinelli

You've been betrothed."
Her hand dropped from the unruly seam at her shoulder. She stared straight ahead at his sun-touched skin.
"To...Henry Lazar." It wasn't easy for him to say the name.
Valerie felt something fall to the floor of her stomach like a wet rag.
"No," she said, not wanting to believe him. "No, no," she told his chest.
Peter stood mute, wishing he could tell her what she wanted to hear.
"It's not possible," she said.
"It is. I'm telling you, it's done. ~ Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

The absolute defining moment of my life was the day the drug deal went bad. It started out just like any other day, at least for the girlfriend of a dealer. However, this time, it went bad. Really bad. ~ Valerie Fries Wade

I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound. ~ Valerie June

So, kiss the girl. Buy the dress. Take a vacation. Join the circus. Order the fried frog legs. Try out for the play. Learn to snowboard. Do something that scares the shit out of you. Or something that makes you happy. Or something that makes you cry. Whatever it is, do something that makes you feel. Because feeling nothing is no way to go through life. ~ Valerie Thomas

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out. ~ Valerie Bertinelli