Ashbee Oak Quotes & Sayings

We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve the quality of the El Salvadoran fighting forces. — John Negroponte

I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said.
I live because I need to do that. For anyone who is left.'
Don't you see? No one will be left. Protect them now or there will be no one to protect!'
This is a battle that goes on and on. It never ends. You're too young to understand.
No! You're too much of a coward to fight.'
I was sick of lies and secrets and of battles so old we had to erase who we were to fight back. And still we lost. Still we were tied to posts. — Alice Hoffman

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know. — Lisette Model

I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist ... I am a person who does those things. — Edward Gorey

A body can only deliver up the truth its bones know, Its blood, which is its history. — Catherynne M Valente

Such, then, was my position: to care for almost nothing but the gods and heroes, the garden of the Hesperides, Launcelot and the Grail, and to believe in nothing but atoms and evolution and military service. — C.S. Lewis

I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play. — Eddie Trunk

the body is nothing but camouflage. — Simon Van Booy

Writing the good write! — J.W. Zulauf

Fancy feathers make peacocks, but you pluck them and see what's left. — Catherine Cookson

The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea. — Grant Achatz

It is my opinion that humans are largely what they make of themselves; in other words, "human nature" is not so much an empirical reality as a process of self-construction. This means that if people become what they think they are, what they think they are is exceedingly important. — Linda Marie Fedigan

Having the chance to play sports growing up teaches you all kinds of life lessons. It gives young people confidence and instills in them motivation and drive to be the best one can be. It's absolutely invaluable, — April Ross