Grigoryevna Quotes & Sayings

Tangerine tango was still in. Cardigans without buttons were in. Bahia bands were in. Senhor do Bonfim. Make a wish? But hardly anyone considered the most radical move: be yourself. Beauty is always a revolutionary act. — Chris Campanioni

I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods. — Marjane Satrapi

I've never thought of leaving the South, never. — Ntozake Shange

Sometimes, as we practice jnana yoga, we feel that life has no meaning, no purpose. We feel that there is no reason to try, that life is empty. This is another illusion. — Frederick Lenz

Ifemelu thought about the expression "sweet girl." Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into a malleable shape, or that she had allowed him to think he had. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established. — Bryant H. McGill

In truth, my husband and I were persons of "quite different construction, different bent, completely dissimilar views." But we always remained ourselves, in no way echoing nor currying favor with one another, neither of us trying to meddle with the other's soul, neither I with his psyche nor he with mine. And in this way my good husband and I, both of us, felt ourselves free in spirit. — Anna Grigoryevna Dostoyevskaya

The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best. — Jamie Ford

He hired a stenographer, Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina, from the only agency in St Petersburg and dictated The Gambler, before completing Crime and Punishment. A few months later, he married her, one of the smartest moves he ever made. She adored him, bore him four children, cured him of gambling and set his business affairs in order. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus. — Sean Penn

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself. — Eric Clapton

Knowing what is on someone's mind is like getting to the bottom of a river, and knowing what is on someone's heart is like getting to the bottom of an ocean. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work. — Andres Serrano