Milena Ciciotti Quotes & Sayings

In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That ... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.' — Malcolm X

Not all failures are failures as not all successes are successes! Arise! Always, a better one will be around the next corner! When one door closes another one opens!" commanded Goddess. — Vel

Putting on weight for me is really, really hard. If I stop lifting, or if I stop eating, I get skinny really quick. — Christopher Gorham

There's no such thing as a tax on happiness," Helen said, rubbing her forehead.
The countess regarded her with rueful sympathy. "My poor girl... it certainly can't be had for free. — Lisa Kleypas

We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of the process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order. — Mario Cuomo

The great truth is that women actually like men, and men can never believe it. — Isabel Paterson

Everyone lives in two worlds," Maggie said, speaking in an absentminded sort of way while she studied her letters. "There's the real world, with all its annoying facts and rules. In the real world, there are things that are true and things that aren't. Mostly the real world s-s-s-suh-sucks. But everyone also lives in the world inside their own head. An inscape, a world of thought. In a world made of thought - in an inscape - every idea is a fact. Emotions are as real as gravity. Dreams are as powerful as history. Creative people, like writers, and Henry Rollins, spend a lot of their time hanging out in their thoughtworld. S-s-strong creatives, though, can use a knife to cut the stitches between the two worlds, can bring them together. Your bike. My tiles. Those are our knives. — Joe Hill

In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance. — Brene Brown

He can see what move I'm planning to make in chess and counters before I can do it. He always knows who the killer is in a detective story. I think he could make a career out of detecting, but he wants to write plays for theater. Maybe he could be a Shakespeare instead of a Sherlock. He could be anything. Anything he wants to be. — Sangu Mandanna