Predilecta Guava Quotes & Sayings

I'd like to live in an area of social deprivation because I think it's important to get a feel of what it's like. — Mike Nesbitt

Heights plummeted because of a little disaster called civilization. "Heights go way down when we go into state society," says Bogin. "When Egypt conquered the Nile area, the height of peasants fell dramatically. They moved from having access to a wide variety of foods to growing what the Egyptian state demanded. Their bones show lots of deficiencies in minerals and iron." The same stunting happened repeatedly throughout history. As late as the 1800s, male Cheyenne Indians, who hunted bison and collected berries, averaged a whopping 5'10", towering above even today's Americans, not to mention General Custer's cavalry, which averaged 5'7", and the period's wealthy European monarchies. — Arianne Cohen

You know that one don't play music just for the hours to pass. But you play music because you are in love with music and luckily if it happens that people like what I'm proposing, then I'm happy. Although music is business, yet you don't start thinking about money from the initial stages when you are in music. First propose to the people what they want and if they like it, then the money comes later. — Manu Dibango

Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened. — William Manchester

I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are. — Kate Winslet

Sometimes it feels like I live in such a shit town. It meets all reasonable definitions of a shit town. There are still men who put on hats to drive on these roads, our only celebrities are sports stars and newsreaders, and everyone you meet already knows your mother. p.34 — Nick Earls

I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives. — Marguerite Yourcenar

Wow Kelsey!" Kishan whistled. "I'm going to have to beat the other guys of with a stick! — Colleen Houck

All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise. — Alan Autry

The greatest thing that I have learned is probably the simplest thing any of us can learn: I am who I am. — Sonny Barger

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love. — Claire Danes

If. A two-letter word for futility. — Sidney Sheldon

Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak. — Michelle M. Pillow

I want my cuddly bear back."
I narrowed my eyes. "You're calling me cuddly? I tried to kill you ten minutes ago."
"Stop dwelling on old shit. — Suzanne Wright