Bourguignon Bois Quotes & Sayings

Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. — Jhumpa Lahiri

The truth was, Dorian had always been more interested in being known as good than in simply being good — Brent Weeks

I believe that first impressions are very important. — F. W. De Klerk

If Chomsky says the educational system is an undemocratic system, you can say, well, you're there, you have a position at MIT. Well, it's perfectly attuned to the American system of control, a very sophisticated system of control that allows just enough dissidence so that those in power can point to the fact that the university is democratic but not enough dissidence to create a real danger to the system. — Howard Zinn

God will turn the might have been into a wonderful culture for the future. — Oswald Chambers

Publicists cater to bloggers because they can play them; bloggers cater to publicists because they want their ads. — Stephen Rodrick

When adults ignore their children's feelings, children come to believe their feelings are not important. When we repeatedly threaten or punish children for a display of emotion, children learn that emotions are dangerous things that need to be held inside and hidden - an invitation to later depression or rage. — Linda Lantieri

Rewards should go to teams as a whole. — Tom Peters

An upturned tortoise is the ninth most pathetic thing in the entire multiverse. — Terry Pratchett

I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man. I long to speak, to read, to wield a hammer in a great factory, to keep watch at sea, to plow. I want to be walking along the Nevsky Prospect, or in the open fields, or on the ocean - wherever my imagination ranges. — Anton Chekhov

I've only been in one fight in my whole life ... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac. — Ray Liotta

His squire's voice broke through the haze of rage that had settled in his head. — Melanie Dickerson

When you are writing a spoken word poem, the tools you're working with are your voice, your body, how it's going to sound to someone when you're saying it out loud. Which is different from when you're writing it on the page. That toolbox becomes how does this look visually on the page, how does this read among pages, how is this in relation to poems that are before it or after it. I don't think one is better or more successful than the other. You've just gotta think about "what are the tools I'm using, and how are they most effective in this form?" — Phil Kay