Dame Jean Macnamara Quotes & Sayings

No, no, one can imagine nothing in the world, not the least thing. Everything is composed of so many isolated details that are not to be foreseen. In one's imagining one passes over them and hasty as one is doesn't notice that they are missing. But realities are slow and indescribably detailed. — Rainer Maria Rilke

I guess I like to dance because...it just feels natural...It's an outlet for my energy...It's like a langauage all my own that other people can translate and enjoy for themselves but only I know what it really means to me. — Olivia Birdsall

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin. — Tupac Shakur

Most historical accounts were written by fallible scholars, using incomplete or biased resource materials; written through the scholars' own conscious or unconscious predilections; published by textbook or printing companies that have a stake in maintaining a certain set of beliefs; subtly influenced by entities of government and society - national administrations, state education departments, local school boards, etcetera - that also wish to maintain certain sets of beliefs. To be blunt about it, much of the history of many countries and states is based on delusion, propaganda, misinformation, and omission. — James Alexander Thom

If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors. — Michael Parenti

Things which are seemingly opposed may in fact be working together — Idries Shah

Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet. — Banksy

Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008 ... That's why, over the past six years, we've done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it. — Barack Obama

You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though. — Cate Blanchett

Things that go wrong can shape us or scar us. — Bob Goff

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind. — Robert Dale Owen

Clean and bleed. Bleed and clean. — Gillian Flynn

To believe in your choice you don't need to prove that other people's choices are wrong. — Paulo Coelho

You're crying."
"I'm not."
"Right," he said mildly. "I suppose you got rained on. — Kristin Cashore

When someone loves you, they always think you're beautiful. Those who don't see your beauty can't really see you at all. — Andrea Hurst