Oprita Ruxandra Quotes & Sayings

It occurred to me, even in that moment: you can win the battle and still lose the war. — Chris Cole

The trend towards pure art betrays not arrogance, as is often thought, but modesty. Art that has rid itself of human pathos is a thing without consequence.. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

For where shall a man turn who has no money? Where can he go? Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand. Like a tethered goat, so far and no farther. Only money can make the rope stretch, only money. — Kamala Markandaya

The smouldering eroticism of great European actresses like Jeanne Moreau demonstrated to my generations women's archetypal mystery and glamour, completely missing from the totalitarian world-view of the misogynist Foucault. For me, the big French D is not Derrida, but Deneuve. — Camille Paglia

If anything I consider myself non-violent, I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy. — Rick James

A bus drives past and I'm nauseated by a whiff of exhaust. Then rotting fish. The rancid stench of sewage. Is it garbage day? I'm trapped in the pungent fog, in the dreary suburban-style shops, the rat race of city life. The city, even on the west coast, has the power to beat us down, to suck us of passion, to crush our dreams. — Shannon Mullen

I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned a lot of things I'd been taught. — Edward Ruscha

Depression is something that seems really obscure when you see it in a theater, but when you talk to people who come to see it and hear their reactions, you realize that it is such a prevalent part of life and our society today that it really needed to be told, and still needs to be told. — Aaron Tveit

It is not a mistake to want power. — Gordon Brown

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them. — Alice Hegan Rice

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value. — Bertrand Russell

In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?' — Warren Buffett