Steffenauer Becker Quotes & Sayings

Twenty two year old Connie Jones, who had boarded in the home of charismatic Methodist and pacifist Ormond Burton, was a member of the No More War movement and the Christian Pacifist Society. She first attended the Friday night public meetings at which the pacifists argued their case in 1941. She stepped onto the podium, stating, "the Lord Jesus Christ tells us to love one another," and was promptly arrested by Wellington's chief inspector of police. Charged with obstruction under the Emergency Regulations, she was sentenced to three months' hard labour with harsh conditions at the Point Halswell Reformatory - an experience that did nothing to dampen her commitment to pacifism. — Barbara Brookes

It never failed to amaze Alex how, with the brush of a hand, the
track of someone's life might veer in a completely different direction. — Jodi Picoult

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation. — Giancarlo Esposito

Cause what the hell is wrong with expressing yourself, trying to be me? — Elton John

Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process. — Dorothea Benton Frank

I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare. — John Dingell

Feminism is about ultimate, limitless reality ... — Jane Fonda

I didn't really spend much time with anyone my own age during high school because I believed my true calling would be representing New Jersey in the U.S. Senate, and if that didn't work out, I could always fall back on becoming an Olympic pole vaulter. — Chelsea Handler

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life. — Edvard Munch

Was I like honey thinking it's a small bear, not realizing the bear is just the shape of its bottle? -Cheryl — Miranda July

I am tired before the concert, not afterward. — Arthur Rubinstein

The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter of being coy, or withholding information. It's allowing for multiple possibilities, recognizing the complexity of human behavior, and making the world of a piece of fiction as marvelously confounding as the world we live in. — Peter Turchi

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars. — Gwendolyn Brooks