Shyamalee Palekar Quotes & Sayings

A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it. — Taylor Swift

A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how to be more fully a human being, how to draw upon one's resources, how to discipline the mind and expand the imagination; how to make some sense out of the big world we will shortly be thrown into. — Sydney J. Harris

When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my influences, songwriters that had written songs before me and that were more experienced and 20, 30 years older than me. — Brandi Carlile

Choosing a new book was like looking for treasure. — Kit Pearson

If I know the outcome is not going to devastate my life, it makes me so much more excited for everything that's to come. — Sara McMann

When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless. — G. Willow Wilson

Viola was just as passionate in her rage as she was in her desire, just as stubborn in hate as she had been in love. — Laura Lee Guhrke

I had been thinking independently about our ability to forget things that happened, specifically, events that clearly were wrong, that crossed the line. It seemed to me during the 2000 election recount that the media's narrative was being orchestrated. Shockingly, after the Supreme Court decision, the media simply said, "Time to move on," end of reporting: "Here's the new story." And everyone forgot. — Robert Kane Pappas

Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are those dedicated enough to humanity to find a way to avoid war — Elie Wiesel

Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life. — Samuel Johnson

Blood doesn't make family, and time and distance doesn't break it. Like the moon, family will always be there, even when it's too dark to see it. Keep strong and it will light your way home, wherever you are. — June Stevens Westerfield

God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day. — Louie Giglio

Some of life's greatest calls were answered not by the head but by the body. — Barbara Kingsolver

In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of the traditional elephant corridors. — Mark Shand

You are not behind. You are not lagging. You are not supposed to be somewhere else. You are exactly where you should be. Embrace now and go from there. Don't think that you have to catch up to something. — Mark Sutton