Fill In The Blank Quotes

Frankly, I see a lot of little girls dressed in ways I think are not very appropriate. It’s too much too soon, and it causes a lot of cognitive dissonance about who they are – are they an 8-year-old, or are they a miniature fill-in-the-blank-celebrity? Parents have to draw the line.

You know, when everybody starts to live from their heart, and go for what they want, they don’t go for the same things. That’s the beauty of this. We don’t all want BMWs. We don’t all want the same person. We don’t all want the same experiences. We don’t all want the same clothing. We don’t all want ….. fill in the blank

There was no way I was ever going to get a fair shake. How good could I be? I was Canadian. I wasn’t from New York. I wasn’t from Vegas. I was born in 1975, not 1917. My last name wasn’t Sinatra or Darin or Martin. Early on and often, there was always the comparison. “He’s good, but he’s no ‘[fill in the] blank.’

I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters, though that too was very moving. I was weeping because ….fill in the blank with whatever/whoever helped you survive… had left me so unceremoniously.