Laurenti Quotes & Sayings

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment. — Walter Alston

I have an intense need to be alone. Father has noticed I'm not my usual self, but I can't tell him what's bothering me. All I want to do is scream 'let me be, leave me alone! — Anne Frank

Hello, companion," said Magnus.
The monkey made a terrible sound, half snarl and half hiss.
"I begin to rather doubt the beauty of our friendship," said Magnus. — Cassandra Clare

There is no difference between growing old and living. — Laurenti Magesa

Peace-building has to accompany peacekeeping; the security provided by peacekeepers will be short-lived if the police are not transformed and there is no credible system of justice. — Jeffrey Laurenti

The NHL's opinion of itself is so high ... Let them get drunk on their greatness. We'll see how many Euros look our way. — Alexander Medvedev

If you're determined to face death, then you'll find away to live. — Auliq Ice

[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room. — Hugh Walpole

I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work. — John Zorn

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns. — John James Audubon

Wherever the gaze rests, art will draw it also elsewhere, will remind that there is always more. Alice does not stop and face her own reflection in the looking-glass: she travels through it. — Jane Hirshfield

Stephen D'Evelyn, a scholar working primarily on Hildegard's Symphonia, was a teaching assistant in my 2005 course on "Hildegard and the Gospels" and a valuable discussion partner for the translations we looked at in class. — Beverly Mayne Kienzle

Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world's indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction. — William J. Clinton

Incident at Vichy, one of my favorite Arthur Miller plays, is a play in which you look at all of the different perspectives of this moral question. And it isn't so easy to decide which position is correct. — David Bezmozgis

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist. — Robin Trower

What constitutes misuse of the universe? This question can be answered in one word: greed ... . Greed constitutes the most grievous wrong. LAURENTI MAGESA, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life — Christopher Ryan

Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees. — David Axelrod

Oh beloved,
I want to live in your love,
to feel the joy of life,
to see the beauty of desires,
to enjoy the song of heart,
to dance with you, my love. — Debasish Mridha