Tamaran Quotes & Sayings

I will never fully understand why things happen the way they do on this planet. Too many people hold their tongue here. Too many people hide their true feelings. And at the end of the day, that does nothing but hurt someone. The men and women of Tamaran were always taught to live by their emotions, to trust that first reaction, as it is the most pure. Cyborg argues that you need time to make the proper decision. I argue that time blurs the true intent. To Earth standards, I may appear brash and rushed. I never hide what I think. Perhaps that is why Tamaran was a target for so many invasions. Our captors may have enjoyed seeing what pain they inflicted upon us, for our tears were never hidden either. — Geoff Johns

The problem of South Africa is different than the world thinks. There is no native problem. The native worker gets more than white workers do in England! [ ... ] The South African government is not a police state. It's easier on people than the United States government! — L. Ron Hubbard

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society. — Kenneth Tynan

We were outside the world, we didn't even own things
some clothes ... This arrangement resembles the prehistoric way to live, and it therefore feels right to us, because our brains recognize it from 3 millions of years practicing it. In essence our brains grew to their current configuration in response to the realities of that life. So as a result people grow powerfully attached to that kind of life, when they get the chance to live it. It allows you to concentrate your attention on the real work, which means everything that is done to stay alive, to make things, or satisfy one's curiosity, or play. That is utopia. — Kim Stanley Robinson

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done. — Diane Lane

He's named you heir apparent to the Apocalypse. Congratulations. — Rachel Caine

I am a seasoned soldier of nonviolence, and I have evidence enough to sustain my faith. — Mahatma Gandhi

You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else. — Christina Perri

[no matter] wherever you are, [here] I am content. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer. — Orson Scott Card