Haroutunian Quotes & Sayings

Since the bigger gorillas leave chimps only a fraction of the quantity of food bonobos get, each chimp must fight ferociously to survive, including killing other chimpanzees — Eliot Schrefer

As the late Edward W Said wrote after the attack on the World Trade Center, 'Western humanism is not enough: we need a universal humanism.' I agree with that. The question is how to get it, and my own view is that it can't be had unless we raise our demands on ourselves a long way beyond decorating our lives with enough cultivation to make the pursuit of ambition look civilized. — Clive James

No, just as my abused generation was divided before birth, so was I divided on birth, delivered into a postpartum world where hardly anyone accepted me for who I was, but only ever bullied me into choosing between my two sides. This was not simply hard to do no, it was truly impossible, for how I choose me againse myself? — Viet Thanh Nguyen

You better not have missed me just this morning," I say. "You better miss me every moment we're apart. — Nicole Haroutunian

I moved from Minnesota to Las Vegas when I was 13, so I spent my high school years there and did some things I'm not proud of. — Beth Riesgraf

You're one connection away from being able to change your life. — Larry Bennett

THE THINGS POETS & WRITERS DO THAT I LOVE
Listen to the Ancestors
Acknowledge their influences
Trust their gut-feelings and act on them
Maintain openness.
Play
Dance with languages
Be bold
Refuse servility
Avoid arrogance
Embrace the unknown
Love the journey
Respect one's fellow journeyers — Billy Marshall Stoneking

Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff. — Gail Zappa

Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose it. The image of your head on the end of a stick is a strong incentive toward 'visualizing world peace'. — Boyd Rice