Alyona Alyona Quotes & Sayings

What seems clear to me,' Karl Wertheimer joined in, 'is that Eli Black believes in the myth of the artist. This is a myth that holds that everything must be sacrificed for art. It may not be a foolish myth if one is, say, Michelangelo or Beethoven. But if one is less than that then the myth of the artist is very destructive, sadly so for people who become too closely involved with him. — Joseph Epstein

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought and perhaps defeated. — Aldrich Ames

In the Culture of Character, the ideal self was serious, disciplined, and honorable. What counted was not so much the impression one made in public as how one behaved in private. The word personality didn't exist in English until the eighteenth century, and the idea of "having a good personality" was not widespread until the twentieth. But when they embraced the Culture of Personality, Americans started to focus on how others perceived them. They became captivated by people who were bold and entertaining. "The social role demanded of all in the new Culture of Personality was that of a performer," Susman famously wrote. "Every American was to become a performing self. — Susan Cain

What is courage without risk ... It wouldn't really be courage, would it? — Jocelyn Murray

Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once had, you must do what you once did. — Craig Groeschel

What else could I give you
I already gave you my whole heart
It beat and beat inside me
but it is yours — John Thomas Idlet

Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. — John Irving