Citadelle De Blaye Quotes & Sayings

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. — Steve Buscemi

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us. — Margaret Cho

When I retired, I was at an in-between age. I wasn't a child anymore, I wasn't really a woman yet, and they weren't really writing scripts for that age. — Mary Badham

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy. — Marie Curie

I've always been able to see the savageness beneath the veneer of society. It's not so very far beneath the surface, no matter where you go. — Lily King

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. — Robert Orben

The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did ... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on. — Ted Chiang

How can you be of service to something other than your own ego and bank account, in a business that's inherently narcissistic? — Billy Porter

She was 18. I used to spy on her. I hated her but was sexual aroused by her nonetheless".

Harold — Stuart Francis

People liked to talk; there were very few exceptions, the question was how you made them do it. Some were amenable to alcohol; others liked a spotlight; and then there were those who merely needed proximity to another conscious human being. A subsection of humanity would become loquacious only on one favorite subject; it might be their own innocence, or somebody else's guilt. — Robert Galbraith

To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets. — Nas

My achievements in science came about because I knew what I wanted to do, and I found professional colleagues among helpful, gentle astronomers. I was never discouraged by others who were sometimes discouraging. Instead, I insisted on working on problems outside the main stream of astronomy so that I could work at my own pace and not be pressured by bandwagons. I do not offer this as an example for you, but only to show that there can be diverse approaches to science. There must be. I hope some of you will be able to devise your own paths through the complex sociology of science. Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting. You can do it, too. — Vera Rubin

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks. — Naveen Jain

I'm a really hectic dreamer; I never wake up not out of a dream, and there's loads going on, lots of action, big blockbuster dreams, they're all major enterprises. — Linda Grant