Van Reenen Quotes & Sayings

Was that hard-hearted? Well, so what if it was. She'd been through enough to harden anyone. It was none of her choosing; all she'd done was clung on to her life like a spar from a shipwreck. Better to be hardened than crushed to nothing. — Emma Donoghue

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. — Dale Carnegie

For a person who is not aware that he is doing anything wrong has no desire to be put right. You have to catch yourself doing it before you can reform. — Seneca.

Once she was separated from the cockles & clams, she found herself miraculously transformed into a Goddess. But she found herself different from the Goddesses & Nymphs of the sea because of the girdle. It clung to her body as a second skin, or as the shell clung to the cockle, & she had never been able to take it off. And thus, she herself had never known what she hid beneath the girdle. — Nicholas Chong

In L.A., I was meeting people who were all actors. My mind started to open up to what acting was. I didn't realize that Brad Pitt was a real person. I didn't think he was a robot or a machine, but I thought you were just born into acting - that it's a family tree, kind of like NASCAR. No one can just say, 'Hey, I'm going to be a NASCAR driver.' — Kellan Lutz

I know that I am not always right to the perception of some, but I am not daunted of being wrong. That's the effectiveness of confidence. — Lionel Suggs

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will. — Benjamin Disraeli

Before the 20th century, there was no such thing as "teenagers." There were children and adults, and the goal of the former was to mature quickly in order to bear the burdens and enjoy the opportunities and blessings of the latter. — Joel Hilliker