Burmese Days George Orwell Quotes & Sayings

Long ago she had thought bravery equaled wandering, the power was in the journey. Now she knew that, for her, it took no courage to leave; strength came from returning. Strength lay in staying. — Eleanor Brown

Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity. — Henry David Thoreau

I am passionately invested in the survival of Israel and everything Israel represents. But I am extremely critical of much of its policy. I believe that the occupation must end. And if it doesn't, it will end Israel. I'm not in favor of settlements. — Simon Schama

After all of this, I do not want to be eaten by some random demon who just wanted a postshow snack. — Michelle Knudsen

If I'm doing an event, if it's a charity event, where it's a walk-around event, where I gotta put a thousand small plates out in the course of a four-hour event, I gotta make sure I can do something that I know I can produce, that's going to be consistent and good all night long. — Tom Colicchio

Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe. — Joseph Campbell

Oh, I love making independent films, it's such a special, magical thing because you collaborate with a small group of people and everyone's pitching in. You'll see producers setting up the lunch table and the sound guy driving a van. We're all really there because we want to be. — Olivia Thirlby

Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too? — Rachel Cohn