Kirani James Quotes & Sayings

I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me. — Lauren Bacall

Who desired the Great War? No nation benefitted from it. The war brought about the destruction of the Prussian Empire, stripped the British Empire of its ability to hold its colonies, slaughtered the French and starved Germany, inspired a revolution in Russia, and prepared the ground for a more terrible slaughter to come. The great powers didn't want a war and they certainly didn't need one. But their people wanted a war. To the surprise of the rulers across the Allies and the Central Powers, the idea of war was seized by the people of every nation. — Matthew De Abaitua

Sometimes I have a weird dream that we're all relatively brief sparks of consciousness that live on a rock circling a ball of fire. — Iain S. Thomas

I'd been on everybody else's show and there was always a preinterview. Somebody would come with a tape recorder and you'd talk for three or four hours, and they'd take it back and it would be transcribed, and it would be given to the writers, those many writers you see on all those shows, Larry King, Letterman, Leno, etc. And then they choose the answers that will be most evocative on their show. — James Lipton

We dream of the future, to distract ourselves from the present, in order to forget the past.

Heal the past, live in the present and don't rush to the future. Life is a journey and it will all be over before you know it. — L.J. Vanier

Love of my life. Love. Of. My. Life. A retrospectively absurd concept since the most I can say is that he was the love of a particular period of my life, and that it is the random vagaries of life itself, and never love, that define time limits. Meaning, to be in love and wish for its immortality is energy unwisely spent. The idea that we have any choice in the matter is the great illusion. — Luke Davies

The fact that the talks are resuming is a big positive. But it's going to be a slow process. — Arjuna Mahendran

Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can. — Annie Leonard

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit. — Maria Montessori

Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry. — Glenn Reynolds

When you're at work, it's about being present and getting as much done as humanly possible. — Alexa Von Tobel

Eat, sleep & Breathe your business to ensure it's success — Paul Cookson

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour. — Nigel Rees

I was fortunate that when I was first starting out in New Orleans, I had a remarkable high-school teacher. And she was a great, great influence in my life, and I think she gave me the courage and the confidence to go forward into the real world. She instilled in me that my dreams were important and that what I was passionate about was most important. — John Cena

Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all. — LeVar Burton