Tartakower Variation Quotes & Sayings

When I hear Christians say, "I don't do this, and I don't do that, and I am following a set of rules," I immediately recognize that they know very little about the grace of God. They are trying to live the Christian life in their own strength. But Paul says, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." — J. Vernon McGee

I love Northampton. As exciting and glamorous as New York can be, I'm always really relieved to get back there. — Kim Gordon

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer. — Taylor Hackford

Every action or perceived inaction shapes credibility. — Mindy Hall

I think that bad drama in a relationship has nothing to do with the individuals, it just really has to do with the dynamic that those individuals create. — Sara Quin

Though we came from our native Hawaiian mother, Chad and I were perceived and therefore raised as black, which widely cast us as outsiders, nonlocals - and being seen as local in Hawaii was currency. When we first returned to Oahu, we spoke with a Texas twang that also got us teased. Chad has strong emotions surrounding those first few months; he was traumatized by his apparent blackness, which was a nonevent in Dallas and Oakland, where we were among many black kids. In Hawaii, we were some of the few mixed black kids around. And both our parents taught us that because the world would perceive us as black, we were black. — Janet Mock

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. — Diane De Poitiers

Is it surprising that the cellular prison, with its regular chronologies, forced labour, its authorities of surveillance and registration, its experts in normality, who continue and multiply the functions of the judge, should have become the modern instrument of penality? Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons? — Michel Foucault

Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations? — Savielly Tartakower

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our Founding Fathers. — Todd Tiahrt

Bob ... the Titan ... he only helped us in Tartarus because you were kind to him. You told him we were worth saving. That's the only reason we're alive.' She said we so easily, as if she and Percy were interchangeable, inseparable. — Rick Riordan

I always said I preferred to experience something rather than obsessively record it. — Gayle Forman

The Kiril Islands had changed hands more times than a good coin in a whorehouse. — Jaida Jones

It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'. — Savielly Tartakower