Baklanov Dmitri Quotes & Sayings

as a society we are trained to not question the status quo. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It's better to die by a Demon's touch than to survive an Angel's backstab-Poem by Christos C. Kallis — Christos Kallis

We still seek no wider war. — Lyndon B. Johnson

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. — Timothy Keller

How could I have not known about Ume? An Austin trio fronted by a whirling dervish of singer guitarist who in the standard PR band head shot looks like she wouldn't hurt a fly; yet give her a guitar, a Marshall stack and a mic and stand back, way back. She shreds. File under - Do Not Overlook and Go Tell Your Friends — Dave Allen

Even the mild-mannered Sophia Western of Tom Jones and Richardson's annoyingly pious Clarissa Harlow distinguished themselves by saying no to the authority of their parents, their societies, and norms and demanding to marry the man they chose. Perhaps it was exactly because women were deprived of so much in their real lives that they became so subversive in the realm of fiction, refusing the authority imposed on them, breaking out of old structures, not submitting. — Azar Nafisi

A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability ... — Robert Genn

'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page. — Jessye Norman

The great chandeliers hang silent. The tables in the vast dining room overlooking the lake are spread with white cloth and silver as if for dinners before the war. At a little after 4, into the green room with the slow walk of aged people, the Nabokovs come. He wears a navy blue cardigan, a blue-checked shirt, gray slacks and a tie. His shoes have crepe soles. He is balding, with a fringe of gray hair. His hazel-green eyes are watering, oysterous, as he says. He is 75, born on the same day as Shakespeare, April 23. He is at the end of a great career, a career half-carved out of a language not his own. — James Salter

Neglect of appearance becomes men. — Ovid

You bang the door behind you and you may be gone forever, or never seen again, oh untraceable you. — Morrissey

I think women do write politically all the time. Margaret Atwood does; Doris Lessing does. — Lorrie Moore