Cierpial Quotes & Sayings

No excuses. No negativity. No psychic pollution. Keep your inner space clear. — Eckhart Tolle

The problem is that after two centuries of conflict about just who was wanted in the Australian nation the term 'Australia' both includes and excludes. There are still people for whom 'Australian' means predominatly Anglo-Celtic white people whose parents were born here before 'New Australians' came as migrants after the Second World War. A common alternative to 'white people' (who from an Aboriginal perspective might be more genially called 'whitefellas') is 'Europeans'. This makes an incongruous appeal to history. Politically the colonisers were British, but they includes people of many nationalities. It's an odd usage, as when you see a sign in a national park telling you 'Europeans' brought the invasive weeds and pests. They brought the sign and the concept of a park too, and 'they', in a complex sense, are 'us'. — Nicholas Jose

At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money. — Greg Laswell

Hey, Salvo," asked Max when they had almost fallen asleep. "May I write your story?"
"Don't you dare, amico" was Salvatore's reply. "Kindly come up with your own storia, young Massimo. If you take mine, I'll have none left of my own — Nina George

Willing to die you give up your will; keep still, until moved by what moves all else, you move. — Wendell Berry

Elle, why aren't you afraid of me?" Elle yawned. "What is there to be afraid of?" "My claws, my fangs." Elle snorted. "I am more likely to turn into a were-squirrel than you are to use either of those weapons." "You've — K.M. Shea

Money gone. Expectations dashed. Friends vanished. Who's left? God is. — Max Lucado

Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem ... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law. — Claire McCaskill

Every town has an Elm Street. — Michael De Luca

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library. — Charles Bukowski