Congoja En Quotes & Sayings

Things aren't always going to be in our favor, so when they aren't, we have to take what we can from those experiences and move forward. — Alexandra Elle

Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself ... The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it. — Susan Sontag

The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible. — Dennis Prager

The blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema. — Christian Bale

All revolutions are bloody. The October Revolution was bloodless, but it was only the beginning — Dmitri Volkogonov

Renunciation simply means a state of un-attachment. A big house and a new car should be enjoyed to their fullest so long as we accept them as things that can and will go away. We never really own anything; we hold title, rent, lease, use, and borrow things during our short visit here. Impermanence is just another name for perfection. — William Reed

You can always tell when an old person has no idea what you are talking about, because they mess up the wording almost as if they're trying to defeat the thing you are discussing by refusing to name it correctly. — Matthew Quick

On dope he sometimes thought that all the televisions on Calchalk Street were softly cackling about Richard Tull: news flashes about his most recent failures, panel discussions about his obscurity, his neglect. — Martin Amis

Heaven knows what virtue it has, this ecstatic book. — Virginia Woolf

Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse conditions present themselves one after another. — D.T. Suzuki

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded. — Mary Lou Retton