Leguia En Quotes & Sayings

Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market. — Eric Hobsbawm

Understanding knowledge as an essential element of love is vital because we are bombarded daily with messages that tell us love is about mystery, about that which cannot be known. We see movies in which people are represented as being in love who never talk with one another, who fall into bed without ever discussing their bodies, their sexual needs, their likes and dislikes. Indeed, the message is received from the mass media is that knowledge makes love less compelling; that it is ignorance that gives love its erotic and transgressive edge. These messages are brought to us by profiteering producers who have no clue about the art of loving, who substitute their mystified visions because they do not really know how to genuinely portray loving interaction. — Bell Hooks

To be elect in Christ Jesus, and there is no other election, means to be incorporated into his mission to the world, to be the bearer of God saving purpose for his whole world, to be the sign and the agent and the firstfruit of his blessed kingdom which is for all. — Lesslie Newbigin

The joke or the pratfall is easy for me to do. — Sandra Bullock

Luella had been Lou's favorite grandma. Some grandmas took their grandchildren to parks, or bought them books and dolls, or shared their special stories. Her grandma shared her recipes. She taught Lou how to check when a roast turkey was done, chop veggies without cutting off a finger, and bake a coconut cake grown men swooned over. A fog of comforting smells had perpetually blanketed her kitchen- an expression of her love so strong you could taste it. Lou caught the culinary bug during those early days and loved that she was named after her grandma, even if Lou believed she'd never make food quite as delicious. — Amy E. Reichert

People say I owe a lot to television. The fact is I was a star long before television. What TV made me is unemployed. — Milton Berle

I don't remember yesterday.I pretty much live in the moment. — Jim Carrey

Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable ... — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I'd seen the older children in class look into books for invisible traces, as if they were driven by the same force and, sinking deeper into silence, they were able to draw from the dead paper something that seemed alive. — Muriel Barbery

No use crying over spilled Prosecco. — Julie James

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. — Roger Rosenblatt

The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country. — Bhumibol Adulyadej

In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public. — Shah Rukh Khan