Ochiuri Romanesti Quotes & Sayings

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. — Luciano Pavarotti

A tai chi principle: If you don't want someone to run away from you, run away from them first. Become yin to make them become yang. I'm not sure why it works, but almost always they'll follow you like air filling a vacuum. — Rick Riordan

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach. — Peter Drucker

Creatively, editing was the most painful part of the process for me. — Desiree Akhavan

[S]he stepped out into the yard, like a thief in reverse: breaking and exiting. Stealing herself. — Sarah Cross

Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness. — Theodor W. Adorno

It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food. — Stephenie Meyer

Of course he had committed forgery;
of course he had committed robbery. That, indeed, was nothing, for he had been cheating and forging and stealing all his life. — Anthony Trollope

So, basically if we keep trying to save the country and maybe the world from a bunch of murderous assholes with outer space weapons, then we're the bad guys?"
"In a nutshell."
"Then, hey ... let's be bad guys. — Jonathan Maberry

Count the number of times you have spoken. And really meant what you have said. Count the number of times you have chosen to keep quiet instead. — Jay Woodman

Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. — Vera Wang

The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being. — Friedrich Nietzsche