Naozumi Arai Quotes & Sayings

A functionary, when he really is nothing more than a functionary, is really a very dangerous gentleman. — Hannah Arendt

There was the woman I was before my mom died and the one I was now, my old life sitting on the surface of me like a bruise. — Cheryl Strayed

The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didn't really know the person well. — Rick Moody

Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of immigrants and all of that. The debate takes on tinges of racism, emotion. — Alan K. Simpson

I recommend against a wooden squat rack, for much the same reason that I recommend against a wooden car. — Mark Rippetoe

Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art. — Alicia Alonso

Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith. But failing to recognize that religion is embedded in culture - and making a blanket judgment about the world's second largest religion - is simply bigotry. — Reza Aslan

We all did a lot of staring that day.
The point that struck me as most interesting about our collective staring was the objects at which people stared.
Jethro stared out the window. Billy stared at the fireplace. Cletus stared at the front door. Beau stared at the kitchen table. Duane stared at the refrigerator. Roscoe stared at Momma's sewing desk.
I sat in my recliner and stared at the spot where the hospital bed had been. — Penny Reid

Suddenly, this word fills me with a sense of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at the end of summer. When the fireflies are gone, the ponds are all dried up and the plants are wilted. It's no longer really summer but the air is still too warm and heavy to be fall. It's the season between seasons. It's the feeling of something dying. — Augusten Burroughs

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice. — Charles Baudelaire