Unenriched Almond Quotes & Sayings

I voted for Obama. I was very happy when he won. But Obama hasn't really been able to effectively do anything that has made me ... He hasn't helped the environment. He didn't close Guantanamo Bay. He went deeper into Afghanistan. — Patti Smith

As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The internationalization of economic activity and its major vehicle, the TNC, can be regarded simply as being part of the normal expansive process of capitalist development. — Peter Dicken

In 'Sisters of War,' I got to do one of my own stunts. Running out of the building because the Japanese were firing, with all these little spark plugs are going off, looking like explosions and bullets flying down. That was really fun. — Sarah Snook

To have been where you have been
And to still have joy,
Dazzling in your heart,
Now there's a thing to make the whole world smile. — Scott Hastie

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in! — Jean Kerr

Once you have a handle on loving yourself, you can practice sharing that love with others. You've probably been taught to reserve the language of love for when you're feeling overwhelmingly tender and passionate, and only for those who have made huge commitments to you. We recommend instead learning to recognize and acknowledge all the sweet feelings that make life worthwhile even when they don't knock you over - and, moreover, learning to communicate those feelings to the people who inspire them. — Dossie Easton

Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for. — Shawn Johnson

Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life. — Corey Taylor

The epistolary form is one of the hardest to write. It's so hard to show something that's bigger in a letter. Plus, you have to have the balance of how many letters are going to work to tell the story and how few are going to make it fall apart. — Jacqueline Woodson

Everyone is moving at the same speed toward the future. But your children are moving at that same speed with their eyes closed. So you're the ones who've got to steer. — Jennifer Senior

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone. — Roxane Gay

Friendship is not a remedy for loneliness. Loneliness is part of our experience, and if we are looking for relief from loneliness in friendship, we are only going to frustrate the friendship. Friendship, camaraderie, intimacy, all those things, and loneliness lived together in the same experience. — Rich Mullins

Not every problem can be solved by you trying to get yourself killed. — Martha Wells