Manseau Flats Quotes & Sayings

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it. — Lawrence Summers

I'm very proud to be representing Latinas and women of color, young mothers and full-figured women. I just love that we're seeing different types of people on screen. — Dascha Polanco

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that's already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what - these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur in proportion to the education and rank. — William Zinsser

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind. — Oscar Wilde

We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves? — Jessica Zafra

Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder, me and my writers. Sometimes I watch a giant movie with a $250 million budget and I think they feel kind of bloated, and that if they'd been leaner and meaner they might've had better storytelling. — Vince Gilligan

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process. — Dalai Lama

It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that. — Mustafa Akyol

Millions of people are suffering: they want to be loved but they don't know how to love. And love cannot exist as a monologue; it is a dialogue, a very harmonious dialogue. — Osho

If you roll a pearl around your mouth it slowly reveals the dreams of oysters, memories of the sea, the taste of orgasm. — Chloe Thurlow

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards. — Tracy Morgan

How are we going to know what impact that has on the greenhouse gas emissions? How are we going to hold everybody accountable for doing their part? — Christy Clark