763 quotes found
“...civility doesn't require consensus or the suspension of criticism. It is simply the ability to disagree productively with others while respecting their sincerity and decency.”
“Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.”
“The simple act of putting your truth on paper, only you and your thoughts, is one of the most powerful exercises you can do.”
“The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.”
“The world is a wonderful place. What goes around comes around. Please help others to the best of your ability. In the long run you may be helping yourself only.”
“Intelligence rarely trumps human nature.”
“Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.”
“I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but Id had enough of trying to ignore them.”
“Seeing pictures of other places around the world makes me feel more important. Reminds me, even though life is short, there's so much to do.”
“With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude a...”
“If valleys are the dimples on the face of the earth, as Steven King once said, then Silicon Valley is the deepest, most sparkling dimple of them all.”
“Well when my death is in front, I just want to turn back to my life, And say the last thing, looking in to its lens that, Life oh my life, Nobody would have ever painted this life as beautiful as i...”
“I prefer to suffer than repent because I stand by my decision and capable enough top pay for it Or reap the beauty later.”
“Pain doesn't last. And when it's gone, we have something to show for it. Growth.”
“To the young woman I say, This is the moment in your life when he who is wooing you will be at his kindest. And if you do not see kindness in the man you are dating, beware! For the partnership you...”
“But there were worse things than disappointment, and I'd lived through several of them already.”
“The syndicate was successful in including an officer and two other crew members in its plan. Sheikh employed old ways of enticing by wine, women and money to use them.”
“If there's a definition of freedom, I think it's this: living life on your terms.”
“...the act of kindness is an unselfish act, it is medicine for your soul...”
“And the fact was that he remembered once thinking that he was fine with dying anywhere at any time but now, gazing at each corpse in turn, he thought with all his heart, Im glad I didnt die there. ...”