Portended Quotes & Sayings

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Hillary Clinton will be running for president in 2008. You know why I think she's running? I think she finally wants to see what it's like to sleep in the president's bed. — Jay Leno

Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet. — Nhat Hanh

It took until the end of her life for me to cherish each day with my mother the way I naturally did with my brother. At the end, I loved my mother simply, without request to do better in any way, or be more capable in any way. I simply loved that she was there, and she was my mother.
I wish I did that more often in my life. I will do that more often in my life for those who are still here. — Darcy Leech

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer. — Karen Thompson Walker

The instruments of power - arms, gold, machines, magical or technical secrets - always exist independently of him who disposes of them, and can be taken up by others. Consequently all power is unstable. — Simone Weil

I think we explored the further reaches of 'for better or for worse' than some other married couples. — Mary Archer

Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size. — Doris Lessing

If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient. — Amartya Sen

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. — Alan Hansen

She recalled how Pauline had fallen off a bus one night, late, went skidding into Creedmoor. In a novel, it would have portended the fall they were all about to take — Alice McDermott

When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple — Mahmud Shabistari

Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality. — Chris Bliss

I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs. — Yannis Philippakis

A hug a day keeps the bad boys away. — Jim Anderson

If I wasn't in this industry, I wouldn't work out. — Katherine Heigl

We Chinese did not like to give or receive certain gifts for superstitious reasons: knives, because they could sever a relationship; handkerchiefs, for they portended weeping; and clocks, as they were thought to measure out the days of your life. — Yangsze Choo

History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes. — Mark Twain