Nac Stock Quotes & Sayings

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture. — Thom Mayne

I have led the way for moving women from traditional roles to strategic positions and inspired girls and women throughout Africa to seek leadership positions. — Dalia Grybauskaite

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together in the past and hope to do great things together in the future. — Frank Underhill

You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' — Michael Keaton

Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error. — Luc De Clapiers

Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on. — Salman Rushdie

When the enemy enthusiastically embraces you, and the fellow countrymen bitterly reject you, it is hard not to wonder if you are, in fact, a traitor. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Everyone's the anti-Teddy Roosevelt. Speak loudly and carry a brittle twig. — Alec Sulkin

Alec laughed, a short, brittle laugh. The day I'm wise is the day you're careful. — Cassandra Clare

PRETEND YOU ARE DRIVING a car in the middle of a thunderstorm and you happen upon three people on the side of the road. One of them is a frail old woman, who looks on the verge of collapse. Another is a friend who once saved your life. The other is the romantic interest of your dreams, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet him or her. You have only one other seat in the car. Who do you pick up? There's a good reason to choose any of the three. The old woman needs help. The friend deserves your payback. And clearly, a happy future with the man or woman of your dreams will have an enormous long-term impact on your life. So, who should you pick? The old woman, of course. Then, give the car keys to your friend, and stay behind with the romantic interest to wait for the bus! — Shane Snow

I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I do know, however, is that the two have always been together in my life, one resonating in the other, sometimes ironically, sometimes nostalgically, most often each correcting, and commenting on, the other. Each can seem like my absolutely first language, but neither is. — Edward Said