Cortigiani Collection Quotes

#1. I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than conspiring in our own diminishment.

Dawna Markova

#2. I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.

David Lindsay-Abaire

#3. I've got such great people around me. They don't really care if they make me angry. A lot of teams, they're afraid to make the artist angry, because they don't want to get fired and all that stuff. My team's pretty good about letting me know when to get in line.

Justin Bieber

#4. The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family ... I hadn't been to the mosque in like 10 years.

Aasif Mandvi

#5. I want to clear my mind a little bit and give my mind a little bit of time to breathe so I can pinpoint or at least nail down feelings I'm having and that I've had for the last however long. I need to nail them down long enough to actually write about and elaborate on them.

Fred Durst

#6. I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice.

Sasha Cohen

#7. Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations.

Jerry Spinelli

#8. The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.

Damon Albarn

#9. You still indulge in distrustful fears that things will go wrong, or that people will betray you, or mistreat you; get above all of them.

Wallace D. Wattles

#10. Success is the potential destiny of all created things

Myles Munroe

#11. Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology.

Mark Warner

#12. Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between the seasonal sense of animals and our madly ticking watch time.

Diane Ackerman