Shrubby Wasteland Quotes & Sayings

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. — Paul Simon

With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all. — James Van Praagh

She kisses his lips; he kisses hers; they solemnly bless each other. The spare hand does not tremble — Charles Dickens

Considering that knowledge of the chemical as well as the optical principles of photography was fairly widespread following Schulze's experiment (in 1725) ... the circumstance that photography was not invented earlier remains the greatest mystery in its history ... It had apparently never occurred to any of the multitude of artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who were in the habit of using the camera obscura to try to fix its image permanently. — Helmut Gernsheim

When you're afraid of failure you're more likely to do it. — Gordy Ainsleigh

Twenty minutes later, a new message came in, this one from Sydney herself: Back in human form. Everything seems to be normal. Everything? I questioned. Well, aside from a weird urge to chase laser pointers, she responded. If that's the worst effect, I'll take it. Keep me posted. I love you. — Richelle Mead

It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet. — Ivan Turgenev

I'm fucking happy. — Nyrae Dawn

Many of the novelists I admire never left their hometown. Look at Flannery O'Connor. So many of the great Russians never left Russia. Shakespeare never left England. The list goes on. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I was born in Ballaghadreen, but I grew up in Galway, and when I went to the University College of Galway, I became involved in the drama society there and started directing plays. — Garry Hynes

I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist. — Julian Casablancas

I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that. — Robert Griffin III

When properly applied, the kamae reflects the ninja's heart.
This means that our physical nature conforms to our intentions,
and there is no division between our interior and exterior
aspects. This state of integrated mind and body action is
totally natural, and can be observed readily in the movements
of animals as they interact with their environment. Only human
beings seem to develop the need to be trained in natural body
motion. — Masaaki Hatsumi