Alakija Tower Quotes & Sayings

I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm escaping a world I don't like. A world I have no control in. In this world, I am nothing. I am a color, a height, a weight, a number. But in the world of books and writing, I am amazing. I am powerful. I am different. People are better. Worlds are endless. Change is possible. Life is manageable. — Philip K. Dick

Open your eyes and tell me yourself, Sassenash, said a deep urgent voice somewhere close. — Diana Gabaldon

If I can't love Hitler, I can't love at all. — A.J. Muste

Silvia, with her long gorgeous hair sprawled across the pillow, was the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen. Her breasts bunched up like they were stuck in a corset made by Derek's weight, the good bits hidden by his muscular arm. I'd gotten more than an eyeful in the mystical aura of the Blood Stone, but craved to see if she was really that perfect in the stark reality of dawn. Derek closed his eyes, settling around his wife with a satisfied sigh and his arm slipped. My heart leapt and I bit my lip. Yep. Definitely perfect.

J.M. Friedman. Succubus in Seattle (Kindle Locations 1050-1054). — J.R. Thorn

Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe. — Mya

Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings. — Alan Moore

Life is a right, not collateral or casual. — Suheir Hammad

The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock. — Allen Klein

I am quite fussy about clothes. — Jay Kay

I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire. — Sam Phillips

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012. — Linford Christie

We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us to get up in the morning. This version of yourself is what you sell to yourself. I think it necessarily includes ... not looking at certain things. Everybody's got some blind spot. — Steven Soderbergh

Effective use of technology is important to deliver healthcare. By leveraging technology, you can bring down lack of access and cost of healthcare. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

In another show of America's force to the world, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Carter responded by boycotting the Olympics. And thus was a fearsome blow struck at little fourteen-year-old American girls who had spent their lives training for the Olympics. — Ann Coulter

If done correctly, these techniques can allow the Bobo pilgrim to have 6 unforgettable moments a morning, 2 rapturous experiences over lunch, 1.5 profound insights in the afternoon (on average), and .667 life-altering epiphanies after each sunset. — David Brooks