Arrancame La Vida Quotes & Sayings

Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women. — Brandon Sanderson

If you ever get really dressed up for a party, you get a feeling from the reactions of people that you don't need to be that loud. It's the same when you act. You have to always consider what's around you and the texture of things and try to meld in with what's going on. — Franka Potente

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it. — Roald Dahl

We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves. — Stephen Downes

Here's the thing: I was charming. Well read and well spoken. Observant and even kind. In other words, I was kind of a catch. And I knew this was true. As long as you couldn't see me. If you saw me, you'd think I was the sea cow that had swallowed your catch. — Victor LaValle

I affirm that gain is precisely that which comes oftener to the bad man than to the good; for illegitimate gains never come to the good at all, because they reject them. And lawful gains rarely come to the good, because, since much anxious care is needful thereto, and the anxious care of the good man is directed to weightier matters, rarely does the good man give sufficient attention thereto. Wherefore it is clear that in every way the advent of these riches is iniquitous. — Dante Alighieri

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history. — Czeslaw Milosz

He also gave me some advice that I follow to this day: Sing in the mirror. If it looks funny, it's wrong. — Renee Fleming