Eyob Mekonen Quotes & Sayings

I spend most of my time in my head. You can always work out solutions and satisfactions there. Maybe you can't actually bring them about, but there's usually a pleasant pillow of time between imagining you can, and realizing you cannot. — Sheila Heti

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. — Luis Bunuel

We'd drifted too far to rely on the old boyhood telepathy anymore. — Richard Powers

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure. — Albert Camus

Anything can happen. That's the beauty of creating. — Ernie Harwell

Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it. — Radhanath Swami

Usually when I make music, in my head I'm like 'this isn't Grimes, this is just some other project that you can release later, so there's no pressure and it doesn't matter and no-one's ever gonna hear it'. — Grimes

Again, take someone who's crippled or deformed; they can't be tied to the plank without a lot of sweat and heaving, and then the crowds (who can't see much anyway) get bored and start hissing and catcalling. Meanwhile a queue builds up, and the people at the end of the queue get awkward and start screaming or passing out. If all the clients were young, male, stoical and fit, he'd have fewer problems, but it's surprising how few of them fall into all those categories. — Hilary Mantel

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects. — Jack McDevitt

You must conquer every fear with faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off. — J. Tillman

We speak about losing our minds as if it is a bad thing. I say, lose your mind. Do it purposefully. Find out who you really are beyond your thoughts and beliefs. Lose your mind, find your soul. — Vironika Tugaleva