Okins Dept Quotes & Sayings

In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence. — Chuck Palahniuk

You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment. — Vikas Swarup

You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them. — Lester Holt

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be. — Jerry Coleman

As I think of myself, so I shall be. — Vironika Tugaleva

Just because a cop smiles at you when he asks for your license and registration doesn't change the fact that he's carrying a loaded gun. — JoAnn Bassett

Humanity badly needs things that are big and fearsome and homicidally wild. Counterintuitive as it may seem, we need to preserve those few remaining beasts, places, and forces of nature capable of murdering us with sublime indifference. — David Quammen

I was lying there trying to control the fear. I did not know much about this uremic poisoning. A woman I'd known slightly in Texas had died of it after drinking a bottle of beer ever hour, night and day, for two weeks. — William S. Burroughs

If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I'm not fit to occupy space. Excuse me for living. — Flora Rheta Schreiber

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space. — Hans Hofmann

The other thing you can do is write a strong personal essay which lets admissions people inside your life, your heart, and your world.
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Anyway, it can be hard to figure out what to write about, so here are a few suggestions:
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5. Reasons it's wrong to be racist even though it makes sense to you. — Eugene Mirman

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do. — Mother Maribel