Maria Rosa Quotes & Sayings

I love Adele so much and it's honestly not because we're both big. — Beth Ditto

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't. — Phil Klay

It was like that class at school where the teacher talks about Realization, about how you could realize something big in a commonplace thing. The example he gave
and the liar said it really happened
was that once while drinking orange juice, he'd realized he would be dead someday. He wondered if we, his students, had had similar 'realizations.'
Is he kidding? I thought.
Once I cashed a paycheck and I realized it wasn't enough.
Once I had food poisoning, and realized I was trapped inside my body. — Amy Hempel

Does poetry - or language or philosophy or music or architecture, even that of our temples - really need to dance to the same tune as our political befiefs or our religious convictions? Is the strict harmony of our cultural identities a virtue to be valued above others that may come from the accommodation of contradictions? — Maria Rosa Menocal

Below me, clusters of palm trees were painted green-gold. Tousled by the wind, their fronds resembled tangles of unspooled cassette tape. — Louisa Hall

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent — Betty Williams

Any entrepreneur with the title 'CEO' on his biz card has got a hell of a lot to learn yet. — Chris White

Two did not become one, but rather two came together - each one strong, healthy, and resilient, making the whole steadfast and true. They didn't lose themselves in each other, but found themselves in each other instead. — Jennifer Lane

There are so many YA novels being made because there is so much young talent that can bring it to life. J-Law was one of the first females to do it with 'The Hunger Games,' and it's been going on for a while now. With J-Law, it was like, 'Hey, I'm Katniss,' and then, 'Hey, I just won an Oscar!' — Dexter Darden

There's no guarantee that all will be perfect but the hope for another day keeps us going. — Shikha Kaul

I don't leave my neighborhood. I don't go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block ... so I don't do much driving ... Some people would say they never see me because I don't go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble. — Ben Folds