Hakenberger Quotes & Sayings

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises — Diane Arbus

What public opinion permits us to judge and even to condemn are trends, or whole groups of people--the larger the better--in short, something so general that distinctions can no longer be made, names no longer named. Needless to add, this taboo applies doubly when the deeds or words of famous people or men in high position are being questioned. — Hannah Arendt

There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters. — Hannah Kent

Never say no to now — Benny Bellamacina

Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world. — John Selden

What I want are words to define myself without the connotations of absence. — Laurel Gilbert

Purpose is that power that will propel you to get out of bed each morning and push you to make your Dream come true.-RVM — R.v.m.

I'm a 'specist.' I hate the human race. Of course, therefore, I hate myself the most, because I am the least of the human race. I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man. — Peter Steele

Nothing sets a Christian so much out of the devil's reach than humility. — Jonathan Edwards

Women would rather be right than reasonable. — Ogden Nash

If you fear that defending your boundaries is being controlling, don't worry. There is a difference between being controlling and having boundaries. Controlling people is about telling them what to do. Setting boundaries is about saying what you do or do not want to happen to you. — Adelyn Birch

To live in diaspora is to be haunted by histories that sit uncomfortably out of joint, ambivalently ahead of their time and yet behind it too. It is to feel a small tingle on the skin at the back of your neck and know that something is not quite right about where you are now, but to know also that you cannot leave. To be un-homed is a process. To be unhomely is a state of diasporic consciousness. — Lily Cho

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make. — Kristen Wiig