Elsje Helewaut Quotes & Sayings

I used to believe authenticity could be achieved solely by describing, in our own words, one's own fragment of experience. This was of course predicated on the complete intellectual and aesthetic independence of the "I". One eventually realizes such intellectual isolationism promotes style, ego, awards. But not change. — Miguel Syjuco

Eyeglasses had been in use since the turn of the century, allowing old people to read more in their later years and greatly extending the scholar's life of study. The manufacture of paper as a cheaper and more plentiful material than parchment was beginning to make possible multiple copies and wider distribution of literary works. — Barbara W. Tuchman

To get into the consumer's mind, you have to sacrifice. You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute. An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category. — Al Ries

I'm a man. I don't do conversation well, but I do my best to show you every day what you mean to me. If I'm not doin' that right, you need to tell me. I'll do better. But don't fuckin' question how I feel about you. I feel nothing unless I'm with you. You give me life. — Norma Jeanne Karlsson

In a long race, if I'm worried about fatigue, my concentration is the first thing to go. — Helio Castroneves

CHAPTER LXI THE SUCCESS OF LADY AUGUSTUS — Anthony Trollope

She didn't quite know how to translate faces; so she wondered about Jerry, but that's all she could do. — Abby Slovin

There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing. — Margaret Mead