Namira Quotes & Sayings

It isn't enough to have had an interesting or hilarious or tragic life. Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear on our lives. For what happened in the story to transcend the limits of the personal, it must be driven by the engine of what the story means. — Cheryl Strayed

Isn't it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years. — Willa Cather

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard. — Maria Shriver

If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon. — Scott Fahlman

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home. — Jhonen Vasquez

Listen and listen good Log Lady. This wood fetish might be cute in Twin Peaks, but it sure ain't gonna cut it here. — Sakazaki Freddie

If you don't write, then read. — Sylvia L'Namira

One devoted to his cat would not leave it long alone. A cat's loyalty is not a thing to be taken for granted, but courted day by day. — Robin Hobb

Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life — Napoleon Hill

A second key area where you are called to make a contribution is in showing concern for the environment. This is not only because this country, more than many others, is likely to be seriously affected by climate change. You are called to care for Creation not only as responsible citizens, but also as followers of Christ! — Pope Francis

Woe never wants, where every cause is caught, and rash Occasion makes unquiet life. — Edmund Spenser

People who talk too much are only digging their own grave. — Sylvia L'Namira

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever. — Michael Shannon

When you stop looking over your shoulder, you shall see that the future is way nicer than the past. — Sylvia L'Namira

I suppose I've been working for a long time, so I've seen all kinds of filmmaking. I can fit into anything, and it doesn't feel that weird or that fascinating. — Elijah Wood

Don't be surprised when you see people you thought you knew act weirdly. People change. We change. Even the world change. — Sylvia L'Namira

Mistakes from the past can never be repaired. Do your best in the present, to be a good person in the future. — Sylvia L'Namira

Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others. — Joyce Brothers

You don't expect everyone out there watching to believe that this cartoon is real, that this drawing has really come to life. But on some level, you do. You try to cast a spell. You want the world to feel real. It's a nerdy pursuit. — Loren Bouchard

I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made. — Giovanni Ribisi