Sepideh Haftgoli Quotes & Sayings

You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. — Pierre Omidyar

Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies ... — Denise Levertov

I was going to school thinking I was going to do something entirely different, thought acting was just a hobby at that point, met Stanley Kubrick and was like, 'Whoa, this can be an art form, and you can really move people the way you do simply by acting.' — Vinessa Shaw

I think writing is really a process of communication ... It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part of a particular audience that really makes a difference to me in writing. — Sherley Anne Williams

May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland. — Virgil

You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself. — Ellen Page

As for national greatness: It is probably true that all nations are great and even holy at the time of death. The Biafrans had never fought before. They fought well this time. They will never fight again. They will never play Finlandia on an ancient marimba again. Peace. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared. — Hailee Steinfeld

The easiest way for Americans to make sense of Chinese history is to compare everything to Jewish history. There's an analogue for everything. Torah: Analects. Curly sideburns: long ponytails. Mantou: bagels. — Eddie Huang

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be. — William Sloane Coffin