Todorov Theory Quotes & Sayings

But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths. — Donna Shalala

It's not a matter of what you deserve -- and more to the point -- certainly not a matter of what you THINK you deserve. All that matters is what you're committed to, and how you honor that commitment, and -- sometimes -- what you are blessed by. — M. Allen Cunningham

If you don't understand something clearly that you are being taught ... speak up.
If you feel something is confusing or you are unsure of exactly what to do ... ask about it.
If you need clarification or something repeated to make sure you got it ... request it.
If you feel lost, forgot something, or feel like you are falling behind ... bring it up.
Nodding your head, saying "yeah, yeah" and pretending to know things you don't is right up there with one of the worst things you can do when you hire some one to help you and your career. — Loren Weisman

To paint nature you must be in it a long time. — Vincent Van Gogh

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. — Mel Brooks

never use sarcasm in an email — Matthew Lasar

I don't understand it either. Obscure and vague, but intelligent. 'Everybody writes like that now, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When we become silent, we become whole. And when we become whole, we become holy. — Swami Dhyan Giten

Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee! — Teresa Of Avila

Don't regret your despondency in the shadows of evil, for the good light never did anything to erase your misery. — Michael Bassey Johnson

One does not become an atheist out of a desire for hassle-free Sunday mornings. People come to atheism because they have a problem with organized religion - usually a problem they consider to be of moral urgency. — Lynn Coady

When the critic has said everything in his power about a literary text, he has still said nothing; for the very existence of literature implies that it cannot be replaced by non-literature — Tzvetan Todorov

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. — Leonard Bernstein

China, as a nation, is a country under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, but it has introduced the market economy. As a country that is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, normally what they should be seeking is equality of results. — Shinzo Abe