Chao Sun Quotes & Sayings

I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy. — Gwendolyn Brooks

Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? — Pontius Pilate

The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated — Ibn Taymiyyah

I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big. — Yaya Toure

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. — Jonathan Shapiro

Everything's a data point. — Paul McAuley

Star"

Tony went to fight in Belfast
Rudi stayed at home to starve
I could make it all worthwhile
as a rock & roll star
Bevan tried to change the nation
Sonny wants to turn the world, well he can tell you that
he tried
I could make a transformation as a rock & roll star

[CHORUS (x2)]
So inviting - so enticing to play the part
I could play the wild mutation
as a rock & roll star
I could do with the money
I'm so wiped out with things as they are
I'd send my photograph to my honey - and I'd c'mon like
a regular superstar

I could fall asleep at night
as a rock & roll star
I could fall in love all right
as a rock & roll star — David Bowie

It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the words and the notes and this is a form of prayer. You attend the shows and this is the liturgy. You're interested in relics
guitar picks, set lists, the sweaty napkin applied to His brow. You set up shrines in your room. It's not just about the music. It's about who you are when you listen to the music and who you wish to be and the way a particular song can bridge that gap, can make you feel the abrupt thrill of absolute faith. — Steve Almond

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves. — Wilhelm Von Humboldt

My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents. — Edward Brooke

The time has passed in the history of the world when anything is too sacred to be touched, when anything is beyond the reach of the inquiring and scientific spear. — David Josiah Brewer

I live in my mind, such that whatever destroys me shall be a creature of my own invention. — Genevieve Ross