Varla Jean Quotes & Sayings

I loved the quiet places in Kyoto, the places that held the world within a windless moment. Inside the temples, Nature held her breath. All longing was put to sleep in the stillness, and all was distilled into a clean simplicity.
The smell of woodsmoke, the drift of incense; a procession of monks in black-and-gold robes, one of them giggling in a voice yet unbroken; a touch of autumn in the air, a sense of gathering rain. — Pico Iyer

One of my brothers used to tell me all the time, "Listen, nobody is going to discover you in the living room." It's about being interactive in life and participating in your own life. Once you get a grasp on that, you understand. "OK, I can take a couple of knocks. They can hit me on the chin, and I can get up." That's what it's about. It's not about not getting knocked down but getting up. Making sure that you keep pursuing whatever that passion is. For me, that passion is entertainment. — Omar Benson Miller

The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights. — Barack Obama

I was fired ignominiously from the Junior School Choir for being so off tune that the choir mistress declared she couldn't even bear to have me mime. — Sara Sheridan

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession. — Jack London

Everyone has different talents, different styles and talents. — Harry Shum Jr.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past. — Andy Stanley

Find your life perfect and deal with what emerges. — Marshall Sylver

Your children learn more of your faith during the bad times than they do during the good times. — Beverly LaHaye

I looked at my shoulder and saw a javelin stuck in it. I was in shock. — Roman Sebrle

All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics. — Carla H. Krueger

The things you see when you're not carrying a gun — Tyne O'Connell

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. — Frida Kahlo

Thing about white people," Jeremiah's father tells him, "they know what everybody else is, but they don't know they're white" - "Maybe some know it" His father eyed him and smiled "When they walk into a party and everyone's black, they know it. Or when they get caught in Harlem after nightfall, they know it. But otherwise ... — Jacqueline Woodson

There is a connection between boredom and the desire for chaos. Despite many disguises and bluffs perhaps she had never stopped wanting chaos. — Zadie Smith