Leonilde Araujo Quotes & Sayings

And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he'd take away whatever things may hinder your salvation. — Moliere

Gun stripping is the tea ceremony of America. — Steve Aylett

It is good that you ruined your face, because it brought you to me, but also because beautiful women rarely work strong magic. — Catherynne M Valente

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By' ... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed. — Jewel

My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel
towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends. - source — Thom Yorke

A faith that can only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ, for it only follows Jesus in the belief that Jesus has conquered death. Yet a faith that can look at the horror of the cross and still say 'yes' is one that says 'no' to the self in saying 'yes' to Christ. — Peter Rollins

I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging. — Oprah Winfrey

I develop oddly deep emotional connections to people in my life that are one-sided. I may just be a passing character to them. I don't know what that is. I don't know why that is. I can have one encounter with somebody and feel very connected to them and read a lot into that. They become very important people to me, but to them I may just be like, "Oh yeah, we talked that one time, right?" To me it's a live-changing moment that bonded us; to them, it was a five-minute polite chat in passing. — Marc Maron

You're on the right path. As you know, there will be hard choices and difficult obstacles to overcome," I said, "[but] this is an opportunity for you to leave an historic legacy for your country. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

A coal miner from Chongjin whom I met in 2004 in China told me, People are not stupid. Everybody thinks our own government is to blame for our terrible situation. We all know we think that and we all know that everybody else thinks that. We don't need to talk about it. — Barbara Demick

The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me, I demand to be charged and put on trial and offer to pay my own airfare. They know that I'm going to bring a lot of international media with me and put their whaling programme on trial, and they decide it's better to keep quiet and do nothing. — Paul Watson

Music is like my security blanket. The first medium that I learned was music. — Yoko Ono

I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my fashion of waging war and bearing witness. And if my song is the proudest of songs, it is that I sing clearly to make the day rise clear! — Edmond Rostand

I'm the girl who fell off the pedestal. But no one told me the pedestal was made of cardboard. — Amy Kinzer