Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.
Judy GarlandRead
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
Interpretation
True wealth is not material but rather the love and connections we hold in our hearts.
This quote emphasizes that the most valuable aspects of life, such as love, empathy, and genuine relationships, cannot be seen or measured in physical terms. Instead, they are felt deeply and are essential for a fulfilling life, suggesting that emotional and spiritual treasures far surpass material possessions.
In practice
During a wedding speech, one could reflect on the invisible treasures of love shared between partners.
Hollywood is a strange place if you're in trouble. Everybody thinks it's contagious.
My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the words and music, the audience get’s cheated. It’s like when people see a fine play or movie. They imagine themselves in the leading role. I want them to imagine that they’re singing - not just listening to someone else.
I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.
I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die.
When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.
I'm a woman who wants to reach out and take 40 million people in her arms.
One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please.
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a doubting soul suddenly born into the kingdom of reason and free thought.
Be careful who you get advice from. I get advice from people who are where I want to be.
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