Valoden Quotes & Sayings

I want to do one thing and do it well. — Jan Koum

I am meeting Diaspora Jews all the time, and we are developing programmes to prevent distancing. We have a joint history, but we cannot take matters for granted. Israel is home for all of us, and part of the beauty of the country is its social diversity. — Ofra Strauss

Behind every book for young people and every global product of family entertainment, the hum of boardroom discussion about the politics of the work can be heard. — Marina Warner

My own personality, which was molded by the furnace of time and circumstances ... strengthened by the touchstone of varied experiences, has changed a bit due to the benevolence and graciousness of people around me but I have never felt trapped in the nets of influence. — Balroop Singh

Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid. — Ann Douglas

High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis. — John Ruskin

When I think of my childhood, I see my mother, the complete sixties parent, decked in purple frappe silk caftans, the acidic smell of newly stripped pine mingling with incense. — Hamish Bowles