Konishi Asuka Quotes & Sayings

For Shakespeare, in the matter of religion, the choice lay between Christianity and nothing. He chose nothing. — George Santayana

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road. — Thomas Carlyle

This world has suns, but they are overcast;This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom;Life still expects, and empty falls at last;Warm Hope on tiptoe drops into the tomb. — John Clare

It hurts, as if someone took a part of me, tore it out, mercilessly stomped all over and threw it out. — Ruslana Korshunova

I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban. — Eliza Griswold

In the Native American tradition ... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise the kids, and he protects the people. His entire life is toward balance and cooperativeness. The ideal of manhood is the same as the ideal of womanhood. You are autonomous, self-directing, and responsible for the spiritual, social and material life of all those with whom you live. — Paula Gunn Allen

When you're in nature, when you're going to bed when the sun goes down and getting up when the sun rises, and you get into that rhythm, your body just really responds positively to it. — Perrey Reeves

I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio. The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free. It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world. — James Dean

I always have the idea in mind that when Botticelli was an old man nobody cared about him because he was out of fashion. Imagine, Botticelli was out of fashion! — Norbert Bisky