Kanaan Star Quotes & Sayings

Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him. — Louis L'Amour

There was comfort in that. The knowledge that wherever you were in the universe, the small things were always exactly the same. Attracting and Repelling. It was only by not looking closely enough that you saw difference. — Matt Haig

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches. — Rafael Nadal

You can rewrite life all you want, Sandy thought,. It's still a play where everyone dies in the end. — Laura Lippman

Is it really true... that our aim as historians is in some sense to recapture past reality, "to retrieve the truth about the past?" If so, what do "past reality" and "the truth about the past" mean? How does the historian's understanding of "reality" and "truth" differ - as most surely it does - from that of the direct participant? And what implications does this difference have for what we do as historians? It is not likely that questions of this sort will ever be finally answered. Yet clearly we must keep asking such questions if we are to maintain the highest levels of honesty and self-awareness concerning our work as historians. — Paul A. Cohen

Don't live life as a spectator. — Felix Baumgartner

I think a fight with David Haye, even if he is not American, is going to give positive vibes about the heavyweight division for the American fans and fans worldwide. — Wladimir Klitschko

Nothing under heaven
is as yielding as water.
And yet in attacking the hard,
the unyielding,
nothing can surpass it.
Nothing can take its place.
The weak overcomes the strong,
the soft surpasses the hard.
In all the world, there's no one
who doesn't know this,
but no one can master the practice. — Lao-Tzu

I've got girlfriends who call me 'Raye' or 'L. Raye', but when somebody calls me 'Lisa', it's like, 'You've got two more times to say that and then I think you're disrespecting me and I'm going to have to cut you!' — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

People who blow kisses are hoplessly lazy. — Bob Hope

I'm not 20 anymore, and I feel it. — Elena Anaya

I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there. — Carmelo Anthony