Kinako 40hara Quotes & Sayings

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view. — David D. Burns

When the conventional wisdom of physics seemed to conflict with an elegant theory of his, Einstein was inclined to question that wisdom rather than his theory, often to have his stubbornness rewarded. — Walter Isaacson

I shrieked incoherent, made up swear words as the pain stopped messing bent me over, and made me its bitch — Nicole Peeler

I was actually a huge tomboy growing up. — Julia Jones

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself. — Kumail Nanjiani

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West. — David Hockney

These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality. — Ruhollah Khomeini

It had taken going to hell for Zed to find what he'd unknowingly been searching for his whole life. — Marguerite Labbe

There will always be times when we get beaten, said Bill Shankly. There will always be times when we lose. But the important thing is what we take away from that beating, what we learn when we lose. Because we'll always learn more from a loss than a win. So remember that and learn that, lads. — David Peace

I hate my name. It's a stupid, horrible name. — McG

He runs his fingers across my lips in a slow, gentle touch.
Then he pulls away stiflly as if every muscle is fighting him.
I want to beg him not to leave. Tell him that I'm still here. But I lie frozen. All I can do is watch as he gets up.
And dissapears from my view. Then nothing but the empty sky reflecting in the firelight. — Susan Ee