Artemide Zatti Quotes & Sayings

I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That's the only way to rebuild yourself. — Marina Abramovic

I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines. — Gayle Forman

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. — Kahlil Gibran

You have power over your mind.Think great and be great. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Fashion brings out what you are inside. A lot of people think it's got to be blue jeans, a Black coat, three inch heels. But it doesn't have to be like that. I enjoy just going for it — Nicola Roberts

We judge everything as good or evil and forget that resistance, pain and difficulties are there so we can learn when we leave balance. — Dorothy Maclean

You can't think decently if you're not willing to hurt yourself — Ludwig Wittgenstein

No one is really who people think they are. It's unfair. When they give us nicknames and create a story for us, everyone expects us to be that person and to live up to that legend. — Jonathan Maberry

Understand that life is journey. I haven't achieved the success I wanted to achieve yet, but that's OK - it's coming. — Adrienne Bailon

I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults. — Bryan Burrough

Well, Earwig, there's not much about love that does make sense. — Sandra Kring

The Polish people be allowed to have a voice in the kind of govt. they want. Under the Yalta Pact the Soviets agreed they & others would be allowed to do this. The Soviets have never honored that promise. — Ronald Reagan

Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is. — Louise Hart

Serpentining means trying to control a situation, backing out of it, pretending it's not happening, or maybe even pretending that you don't care. We use it to dodge conflict, discomfort, possible confrontation, the potential for shame or hurt, and/or criticism (self- or other-inflicted). Serpentining can lead to hiding out, pretending, avoidance, procrastination, rationalizing, blaming, and lying.
I have a tendency to want to serpentine when I feel vulnerable. If I have to make a difficult call, I'll try to script both sides of it. I'll convince myself that I should wait, I'll draft an e-mail while telling myself that it's better in writing, and I'll think of a million other things to do. I'll emotionally run back and forth until I'm exhausted. — Brene Brown

Mine's a free life, but it does get lonely sometimes. — Richard Bach