Mengiste Maaza Quotes & Sayings

How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother? — Maaza Mengiste

No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind — Willis Harman

When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation so that they can take our place [in] thinking and technology and democracy. — Geoffrey Canada

What is your trouble? Mistaken identity. — Wei Wu Wei

Sometimes my kids might tell me they had a dream or and maybe I'll paint some paintings from their dream. That's one good thing you get from your kids. Rob them of their dreams. — Julian Schnabel

The white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America! — Michael Savage

The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs. — Maaza Mengiste

I was a shy kid and I was afraid what i said sounded stupid, so I hardly ever saud anything. I was the third wheel. Fifth wheel? I was the fucking wheel you didn't really need, but I still hung around. I thought maybe my silence would one day impress somebody. As of yet, it hadn't done much for me. — Joe Meno

Acting was my classroom in many ways and I always believed and I still do that acting is not just about pretending to be someone else, it's also about discovering yourself and reaching deeper inside yourself. — Kristen Stewart

The nature of love is to kill for it, or to die. — Maaza Mengiste

Maybe it's the readers that make a book global. — Maaza Mengiste

A government of fighters won't know how to lead, only create more war. You think bravery is measured in resistance. — Maaza Mengiste

I am particular about the seating of the audience - also about how much money they pay - but most of all where they are seated. If I am going to sing something intimate, who am I going to sing it to? — Nina Simone

Not to mention the loneliness. And at the same time, the crowdedness. The never being really alone, just to think, to rest or to do something private - anything private. You can't even got to toilet in private. And if you want company, real company, not just people hanging about making a noise, that's when you realize how lonely you are. — Meg Rosoff

No, this is serious, Ollie. So I'm watching this spider building its web in the corner of the window. First it does the main parts, then the little connector rods. It's like so careful and precise, right? And then just when it's done, Mrs. Halverson comes over and says, 'It's so stuffy in here I can hardly breathe. Let's have some air,' and opens the window. And boom, all the spider's work was gone." He paused. "Made me think, man, that was just like life."
I touched his cheek. "What do you mean, silly boy?"
"You work and work, and all it takes is one bitch to ruin everything."
Ollie stared ahead steadily and said, "I think it shows that sometimes for one person to keep breathing, something else has to stop. — Michele Jaffe

Why put temptations my way when I've decided to sacrifice my future? — Sunanda J. Chatterjee

We must not be anything other than what we are. — Maaza Mengiste

There is no real freedom for the man who is in so much of a hurry that he is annoyed by the human race and by the hot glaring afternoon sun. — William, Saroyan

Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For me, a lot of the time, I have to write and as I write, I learn about the story. — Reif Larsen

Will I really be able to accept my mental loneliness? — Anais Nin

When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy? — Maaza Mengiste

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money. — Chuck D