Elah Hale Quotes & Sayings

Out of this unstable mix of technocracy and national security you have a nostalgia developing for colonialism or religion - atavistic in my opinion, but some people want them back. Sadat is the great example of that: he threw out the Russians, as well as everything else that represented Abdel Nasser, ascendant nationalism, and so forth - and said, "Let the Americans come." Then you have a new period of what in Arabic is called an infitah - in other words, an opening of the country to a new imperialism: technocratic management, not production but services - tourism, hotels, banking, etc. That's where we are right now. — Edward W. Said

You must distinguish between what is urgent and what is important. You could accomplish all of the urgent things that you desire without accomplishing anything that is important. — Gary Zukav

People say that death is a part of life and there must be something to it, but I just see it as bad news and I want everybody to stop sugarcoating it. — Woody Allen

Awareness of multiplicity of interpretation is the key to reading Shakespeare. — Laura Bates

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. — Ian McEwan

If this is the case, then the "normal state" Prozac ushers in is an experience in the surreal, Dali's dripping clock, a disorientation so deep and sweet you spin. Thus Prozac, make no mistake about it, blissed me out and freaked me out and later on, when the full force of health hit me, sometimes stunned me with grief. — Lauren Slater

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own. — Jamie Bell

He was fine; he, that orphan that foundling that outcast; he felt himself august and strong; he looked full in the face that society from which he was banished, and into which he had so powerfully intervened; that human justice from which he had snatched its prey; all those tigers whose jaws perforce remained empty; those myrmidons, those judges, those executioners, all that royal power which he, poor, insignificant being, had foiled with the power of God. — Victor Hugo

The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium. — Anais Nin

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience. — Dan Reynolds

We are all accountable for ourselves. Think of yourself as a precious commodity, and then protect your investment each day. — Monica Brant

She's right, of course. My mother usually is. She's a librarian. — Heather Vogel Frederick

I don't think about being tired, I don't think about my technique. I just try to break their will. — Cat Zingano