Alfina Shakur Quotes & Sayings

I was aware of an unexpected drift towards intimacy, although this sudden sense of knowing her all at once much better was not simultaneously accompanied by any clear portrayal in my own mind of the kind of person she might really be. Perhaps intimacy of any sort, love or friendship, impedes all exactness of definition. — Anthony Powell

No matter where you go, there you are. — Keith Caserta

Freedom to do what one likes is really bondage, while being free to do what one must, what is right, is real freedom. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I will be Chateaubriand or nothing. — Victor Hugo

I've been grinding at music for over a decade now. Since I was 18, I decided that this is what I wanted to do. It's not an easy thing. When you start getting 25, 26, people are like, 'Oh you're a musician huh? That's what you're gonna do? When are you going to get a real job?' I never gave up. — Nick Fradiani

Things could change Gabe. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents. And everybody would have memories. You know about memories ... Gabe, there could be love. — Lois Lowry

My voice sounded throaty and my chest was warm with hope. Because I'd meant it. I'd do anything for her. — Kieran Scott

It's a very weird job to have as a musician, because you spend long periods of time alone and then you have to go work with people for a long period of time and present your music after you've been making it by yourself. It's a very drastic phase. — Angel Deradoorian

I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be? — Chris Bohjalian

I like practicing law. — Bill Janklow

The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too. — Mark Twain

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster. — Susan George

It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson Of Lodsworth

The Moralization Gap is part of a larger phenomenon called self-serving biases. People try to look good. "Good" can mean effective, potent, desirable, and competent, or it can mean virtuous, honest, generous, and altruistic. — Steven Pinker