53 Quotes About La

Nobody knows Los Angeles until they’ve been entranced by it, corrupted by it, cast out from it, and returned to it on their knees begging it to save them, and Richie knew Los Angeles. He knew it better than anyone. This time he would tame the beast and make it his own—this time he would win.

My chains are broken!

It was exhilarating, at least at first, to live in a city of narcissists.

Sînt niște... compozițiuni de fetișcană care e cam tristă în fond, cam nebună și care vrea să filosofeze avînd certitudinea că e genială și că poate ajunge cu mîinile ei încă neformate, încă în creștere, stelele de pe cer.

My god, Los Angeles was an ugly city. But my god, Los Angeles was still cool as hell.

It wasn't enough for L.A. to be big; it had to prove it was big by being loud and strange and difficult to navigate, too.

He smiles, but in Los Angeles a smile amongst competitors is never what it means.

For [Beth] Davis, Fitzgerald's [Louisiana] story carried another, broader message for Americans. 'If veterans could come together so soon after the War and forgive and forget, then surely we can overcome our differences,' she said. 'Old wounds were healed here, old barriers overcome. Seems like we should be able to do the same.

Dacă urmărești să devii ceva ce nu ești, vei da greș întotdeauna. Fii tu însuți. Arată, comportă-te natural și gândește cu mintea ta. Fii cea mai sinceră variantă a ta. Acceptă-ți eul. Susține-l. Iubește-l. Străduiește-te pentru el. Nu te abate atunci când oamenii îl iau în râs sau îl batjocoresc. Cele mai multe bârfe ascund invidii. Ține capul aplecat. Păstrează-ți energia.