Puerta De Alcala Quotes & Sayings

And now in this hour of greatest need, there was no one. It was incredible that she could be so completely alone, and frightened, and far from home. — Margaret Mitchell

Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by viewing them with equanimity. — Seneca.

It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Don't just make use of a gift, look inside you and maximize others — Sunday Adelaja

As a displaced community, Tibetans often speak of learning to look to the future without forsaking tradition. And as Tibetans continue their flight from Tibet to India or Nepal and then scatter farther and farther away from the physical land of Tibet, the conversations on identity and culture become more crucial and complex. As the distance increases so does the desperation in keeping Tibet as the eventual home, our aspired home. Yet it is the loss of Tibet and its very distance that also awakens us to view patriotism and identity in new ways that are not guided solely by Buddhist philosophy. Self-assertion- an approach avoided in the past because of the Buddhist aspiration to prevent focus on the self- enters our identity as Tibetans. — Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. — Roger Ebert

Find a way to be better. Or find a way to be okay. — Brittainy C. Cherry

Against all the opposition in the world, I make this statement - that once I knew a magician. I was a witness of a performance that may some day be considered understandable, but that, in these primitive times, so transcends what is said to be the known that it is what I mean by magic. — Charles Fort

I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi's apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense. Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational. Everybody at Atlantic knew that we had a winner in this young lady, and she came through with great hits that will be remembered for many years to come. I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly. — Ahmet Ertegun

'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies. — Ron Rash

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they? — John Keegan

Boxes on the shelves. "He's seein' this chick, Annette, Annette Palladino." Chubby's eyes fluttered at half-mast as if someone had just shoved smelling salts under his nose. He looked down at his shoes and shook his head. "Hey, you know her?" Butler turned from the shelves. Chubby nodded without looking up. "She gives the best underage blowjob this side a Harlem. — Richard Price

found out later that he lived alone, surrounded by books, both his own and other people's, and that as well as being a hired hunter of books he was an expert on Napoleon's battles. He could set out on a board, from memory, the exact positions of troops on the eve of Waterloo. A — Arturo Perez-Reverte