Hurin Wot Quotes & Sayings

Why has pachinko swept Japan? It can hardly be the excitement of gambling, since the risks and rewards are so small. During the hours spent in front of a pachinko machine, there is an almost total lack of stimulation other than the occasional rush of ball bearings. There is no thought, no movement; you have no control over the flow of balls, apart from holding a little lever which shoots them up to the top of the machine; you sit there enveloped in a cloud of heavy cigarette smoke, semi-dazed by the racket of millions of ball bearings falling through machines around you. Pachinko verges on sensory deprivation. It is the ultimate mental numbing, the final victory of the educational system. - Lost Japan, Eng. vers., 1996 — Alex Kerr

There is hope, therefore I live. — Stephen King

Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world. — Laozi

You ask me about my ex-wife? That is not polite. But I will answer. I got another wife now. Much younger, much nicer, much prettier. And so much more intelligent than Benetton.' — Oliviero Toscani

I need to experience things. Push beyond my comfort zone. Even if I make a fool out of myself in the process. — Hannah Harrington

I'm thrilled that Alice Medrich, one of America's premier bakers, has embraced teff, buckwheat, oat, and rice flours. She understands that these flours are far more than substitutes for wheat flour. These flavor flours are stars on their own, full of character. Her recipes are sure to entice you to move into the kitchen and start baking. — Shauna James Ahern

Apparently things are looking very good, except that the whole situation might collapse from one moment to the next. — Anonymous

It's only just not painful. — E.L. James

I get a lot of butterflies at auditions because I get so scared. It's scary because you've never met the people before. You have to meet them, and you have to hurry up and get to know them in five seconds. And then, you have to spill your emotions out to these strangers. It's funny. — Elle Fanning

I just do my act. If people in England don't get my joke I make fun of myself for telling it. — Bill Burr

No ... No ... We don't walk away but when we're holding on to something precious we run. We run away. We run as fast as we can. — The Doctor

He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole life had any talent for making money. — John Steinbeck

My efforts with Hollywood are like things written in water. — Anne Rice