Nankou Pass Quotes & Sayings

Familiar vs. Strange [10w]
The sexiest part of strangeness is its most familiar quality. — Beryl Dov

The effort you put forth in whatever you do is directly proportional to the results you produce. — Mark W. Boyer

When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it. — Lauren Cohan

I have mixed feelings about those sorts of things. When I see it done by interesting young people, I think it's very valid. But when established photographers, people in their forties, copy me and get a lot of money, well, I find that to be very stupid. — Helmut Newton

The coward believes he will live forever
If he holds back in the battle,
But in old age he shall have no peace
Though spears have spared his limbs. — Havamal - The Sayings Of The High One

Oh, come on, he was twenty-six. And he had poetry on his lips. — Frances Mayes

Why would you want to be politically correct when you can be right? — John Hagee

We are always getting ready to live but never living. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your loveliness is not a mask, layered over a rotten core. It blossoms from the beauty inside. — Terry Goodkind

Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that would ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life. — Phillips Brooks

Are you kidding me? The woman leaves priceless Ming vases and Picassos lying about like they came off a sale rack at some discount store and she fills a hidden safe with musty old books? — Alexandra Ivy