Garbinga Kurtizane Quotes & Sayings

One question: would you have called buying pastel linen dresses for Saigon a mark of 'privilege'? Or would you have called it more a mark of bone stupidity? — Joan Didion

Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction. It is therefore a relative concept. It always makes sense to ask, "Discretion under which standards?" or "Discretion as to which authority? — Ronald Dworkin

Our hope concerning the future is great, and our faith is strong. We know we've scarcely scratched the surface of that which will come to pass in the years that lie ahead. — Gordon B. Hinckley

No one can hide a lamp that shines,
and that is what remarkable talent is. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I was never okay but that wasn't for then or ever, for him or anyone. It was just what it was and it was all for me. — Kristen Ashley

I always did what someone else wanted me to do. I've always been someone's daughter or mother or wife. I've never just been me. — Cheryl Strayed

When I was lost in the fog, it was as though nothing else existed. And, afterwards, it seemed incomprehensible that I had ever really thought like that. Self-recrimination inevitably followed. — Alexis Hall

What cannot be cannot be, besides witch, it's impossible. — Roberto Bolano

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones. — Gerry Mulligan

Regardless of what the naysayers believe about human interaction and social media, the data show us that the abundance of technology is actually increasing the abundance of happiness all over the world. — Peter Diamandis

I've been ready to die since before you was Born! — Marvel Comics