Klingenfuss Utility Quotes & Sayings

Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others. — Ayn Rand

And my name sounds like flowers in his mouth. — Amy Reed

Grossman, perhaps tiring slightly of journalism, seems to have longed to convey his thoughts and feelings about the war in fictional form. At this stage, when the Soviet Union was fighting for its life, his ideas were very close to that of the Party line. It was only at Stalingrad, a year later, that his view of the Stalinist regime began to change. This outline, may well have formed part of the idea for The People Immortal, his novel written and published the following year ... — Vasily Grossman

Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary. — Wayne Dyer

Rachel Henson stood facing him, immaculate in her uniform and ready for duty as always. She looked as though she had spent her whole life preparing for this very moment - she always did. — Peter James West

My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know. — Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Sometimes the boxes we're put in fit. Other times, we find ourselves shoved into places too confining for our growing sense of self. — Sarah Hackley

He relayed a saying from a story his father used to tell him: A child is a child when he's a child, even if he's a prophet. — Malala Yousafzai

The Fairy Godmother surveyed the Princess's bedroom. It was littered with the remains of chocolate bars, potato chips, and ice cream containers. She swept cheesy crumbs off the bed and sat softly beside the grieving girl. The Princess's face was puffy and streaked with mascara. — Kym Petrie

Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson

... and that's why they leave, isn't it? Because they have to see themselves in the context of something larger than just the two of them. It's like that Faiz poem, you know, mujh say pehli si muhabat, when you've seen the sorrows of the rest of the world you can't go on pretending none of it matters, you can't pretend two people can really live in isolation telling themselves their love is all that matters in the world. And that two of them, when they come back to the city, that's when they find out that their love was imperfect because it couldn't bear the knowledge of everything that lies outside ... — Kamila Shamsie