I know that many, if not most, women would have a problem with my acceptance of what happened with Lara. The reality is I shall always be grateful to Lara for helping my husband when I could not do so. I couldn’t have chosen a better or kinder surrogate.
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ALAN PARKER Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that t... ALAN PARKER You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think. DOROTHY PARKER Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of... CHARLIE PARKER Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. DOROTHY PARKER Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. JOHN PARKER I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it. DOROTHY PARKER The friends I made have slipped and strayed. And who's the one that cares A trifling lot and... DOROTHY PARKER Work is the province of cattle. DOROTHY PARKER The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. THEODORE PARKER Once when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And ... DOROTHY PARKER Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch is, and it darts a... DOROTHY PARKER If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it'... DOROTHY PARKER This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. DOROTHY PARKER Politics is the science of urgencies. THEODORE PARKER Oh, it is sure as it is sad That any lad is every lad, And what's a girl, to dare implore DOROTHY PARKER I never see the prettiest thing - A cherry bough gone white with Spring - But what I think, Ho... DOROTHY PARKER I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am... CANDACE PARKER I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season. CANDACE PARKER On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and ne... CANDACE PARKER Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids. CANDACE PARKER My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age. CANDACE PARKER You want your coach's blessing. CANDACE PARKER It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was youn... CANDACE PARKER I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now. CANDACE PARKER What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We&... CANDACE PARKER From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my... CANDACE PARKER I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal. CANDACE PARKER My baby is the joy in my life. CANDACE PARKER The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich... CANDACE PARKER For me, family has always come first. CANDACE PARKER I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been i... CANDACE PARKER I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, ... CANDACE PARKER My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself. CANDACE PARKER You're measured by championships no matter what. CANDACE PARKER So you have to take the good with the bad. CANDACE PARKER Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams. CANDACE PARKER The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out ... DOROTHY PARKER Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come ou... CHARLIE PARKER Kids who commit serious crimes shouldn't go scot-free. But if they are too young to vote or buy ciga... ALISON PARKER Frankly, from a human rights perspective, that raises concerns, ALISON PARKER We're asking for a recognition that these are child offenders and they should have access to parole ... ALISON PARKER For example, Georgia rarely sentences children to life without parole, but it has youth crimes rates... ALISON PARKER This would bring us in line with the rest of the world and make the US act in accordance with human-... ALISON PARKER [Human rights advocates say that the use of juvenile life without parole, or LWOP, is by one measure... ALISON PARKER The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out o... DOROTHY PARKER If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. DOROTHY PARKER