Aissa Mandi Quotes & Sayings

Maybe it was childish, this old urge to explore for exploring's sake. There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just — Ransom Riggs

To bring home the point, she compared New Years resolutions of girls at the end of the nineteenth centyry with those at the end of the twentieth. Heres what a young woman of yore wrote:
Resolved: to think before speaking. To work seriously. To be self-restrained in conversations and actions. Not to let my thoughts wander. To be dignified. Interest myself more in others.
And the contemporary girl:
I will try to make myself better in any way i possibly can.... I will lose weight, get new lenses, already got new haircut, good makeup, new clothes and accessories. — Peggy Orenstein

The reason I like socialism is that it's kind of enforced Christianity. It's basically very Christian, in the sense of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." These people have nothing, so you have to share. — Lewis Black

Awareness precedes choice and choice precedes results. — Robin S. Sharma

It is not good enough to do what the law says. We need to be in the forefront of these [social responsibility] issues. — Anders Dahlvig

No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful. — Tony Robbins

Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts. — Holly Black

New York's a big playground. I have a bike, and I'm really into just being outside. Especially in the summertime. — Chace Crawford

My firm resolve was to escape my wicked cousin and my English captors. But the wind was howling, and rain was coming down in sheets. And even as I relaxed in a hot bath in my snug apartments, the clamor of the storm outside was counseling me to be patient and wait.
A wise woman never does anything in a hurry. — Margaret George

Through mastering the means of perception, the promise of who you are in physical form is opened with an increasing opportunity for fulfilment. — Georgi Y. Johnson

Alive. This music rocks
me. I drive the interstate,
watch faces come and go on either
side. I am free to be sung to;
I am free to sing. This woman
can cross any line. — Joy Harjo