Vicens Vives Quotes & Sayings

This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light. — Maria Montessori

We are apes - we should be climbing. — Alex Honnold

She's the love of my life. My heart was pumping so damn fast. I needed to see her. — Tijan

Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon. — Robin Lakoff

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What is it about that one motion, that one tiny thing, that always sticks in my head? It's so stupid. Such a silly thing to focus on. — Courtney Cole

I guess it doesn't matter how much homework you do. When you're on set, you gotta forget it and throw it out the window and, hopefully, some magic happens. — Juan Pablo Di Pace

I'm not living in a cage. — C.D. Reiss

It was all very well to be ambitious, but ambition should not kill the nice qualities in you. — Noel Streatfeild

Language has everything to do with oppression and liberation. When the word "victory" means conquer vs. harmony and the word "equality" means homogenization vs. unity in/through diversity, then the liberation of a people from a "minority" class to "communal stakeholders" becomes much more difficult. Oppression has deep linguistic roots. We see it in conversations which interchange the idea of struggle with suffering in order to normalize abuse. We are the creators of our language, and our definitions shape the perceptions we have of the world. The first step to ending oppression is finding a better method of communication which is not solely dependent on a language rooted in the ideology of oppressive structures. — Cristina Marrero

The Black Church has no challenger as the cultural womb of the black community. Not only did it give birth to new institutions such as schools, banks, insurance companies, and low income housing, it also provided an academy and an arena for political activities, and it nurtured young talent for musical, dramatic, and artistic development. — C. Eric Lincoln

I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.' — James McAvoy

Regent, Boris Godonof, riveted the chains of slavery upon the wrists of many millions of human beings in Russia. — Emilia Pardo Bazan

passed two wristbands under — Ruth Dugdall

Nice to meet you both," she said. "I hate to be rude, but if I don't ride The Beast in the next five minutes, I'm going to die. — Olivia Cunning