Todakan Quotes & Sayings

From the cover blurb on the University of Wisconsin Press edition, writer unknown:

Discussing memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, essays, and other forms of life writing, G. Thomas Couser shows that these books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are a means for individuals to recover their bodies (or those of loved ones) from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse. Responding to the recent growth of illness and disability narratives in the United States.... — G. Thomas Couser

Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men. — Janet Morris

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then. — Ronnie Hawkins

A secret told is mine to tell. Of truth and lies, the lesser hell. — Sally Gardner

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. — Hillary Clinton

I really do think artists are the most important people on the planet, and if what I do is a utility and helps them, then that makes me happy. I want to be helpful. — Hans Ulrich Obrist

John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in the Western [United States]; the perfidy of banks in foreclosing on poor people's homes; and the insurgent urge of the book's protagonist, Tom Joad, to speak truth to police power. 'Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy,' Tom promises, 'I'll be there.' In Salinas, Calif., Ferguson, Mo., or Staten Island, N.Y., Tom's truth goes marching on. — Richard Corliss

One doesn't remain a teenager forever. — Mariah Carey

Well, there were definitely elements of my rise in radio that had to do with my being black. But going back as far as Walter Winchell, Army Archerd and Hedda Hopper, legendary wags would grab a radio microphone and talk about what Errol Flynn and other stars were up to. — Wendy Williams

Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an unusually accessible writing style, Nightclub City is a gritty social history of America's most glitzy fantasies. — Debby Applegate

Hi there! You're cute. Do you have any girlfriends? 'Cause Gran says Momma needs a man in her life. Then Pops says, 'Pfft, Martine, the last thing Elise needs is a man!' But I think my Gran is right."
"Rennie, for tonight, let's play the think-about-what-we-say-before-we-say-it-game. — Lauren Dane

Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important. — Colum McCann

We are big fans of fear, and in investing it is clearly better to be scared than sorry. — Seth Klarman

I'm not strange to myself, but I realize that I contrast with others fairly sharply. — Jane Smiley

All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years. — Sarah Palin