Alfrink Quotes & Sayings

With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello such dignity - he came not from - as he said - not from hate but from honor, from a sense of his own human dignity. And to me, to my mind, there could be no greater character played. — Paul Robeson

suddenly up and died. Really. — Meg Cabot

What really motivates you to try to work things out as an actor is in large part fear, because you want to get into that narrative and bring the audience along. — Annette Bening

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of the standards of modern civilization among all groups of people during the past half ce — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line. — Luke Bryan

Stories are where memories go when they are forgotten. — Steven Moffat

The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard. — John Lennon

At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these lands of darkness. Please, don't worry about my wanderings in these infinitudes. I shall return laden with rich booty for our knowledge of the human psyche. — Carl Jung

It's painful to face how we harm others, and it takes a while. It's a journey that happens because of our commitment to gentleness and honesty, our commitment to staying awake, to being mindful. Because of mindfulness, we see our desires and our aggression, our jealousy and our ignorance. We don't act on them; we just see them. Without mindfulness, — Pema Chodron

In any relationship, do what is right; not what you want to do. Eliminate selfishness. Eliminate neglect. — Bridget Earl Pehrson

We humans have always needed rituals to draw like curtains over the chasms of the unknown. Without them we go mad, I think. — Patricia J. Williams