Contexte Mondial Quotes & Sayings

And bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind,
The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind. — Homer

I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted people to laugh at what I was saying, not to be staring at my boobs or wearing a skirt and show off my ... I just didn't think that that was the best way to get taken seriously in that world. — Chelsea Handler

I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing ... That's what I want little niggaz to see. — Tupac Shakur

Art and morality are, with certain provisos ... one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality. — Iris Murdoch

There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion. — Deborah Rhode

The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout. — Julio Cortazar

Your passion must be tempered with patience. Maybe long-suffering patience would be a better word. — Jack White

We all gotta die, and we all gotta live with the things our dark sides do. People are afraid of their darkness, though. Spend their whole lives so scared of dyin' that they never get to live. Spend their whole lives pushin' down that darkness, until there ain't no light at all. — Suzanne Palmieri

Stanford professor Jennifer Aaker's work shows that setting obtainable goals is key to happiness. Instead of perfection, we should aim for sustainable and fulfilling. — Sheryl Sandberg

That girl in the backseat of the beater, I wonder if she's bored d restless, stuck in this small town, hating the slow, stoned laughter and the same rock song on the radio. I hope she caught a glimpse of me through the steam. Even if she only saw my tear widen and my legs kick off the ground, she might think I know where I'm going. She might think I've found a way. — Rebecca Godfrey

I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love. — Victoria Azarenka

What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason? — John Locke

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart's truth. — Elisabeth Elliot