Warsan Shire Famous Quotes & Sayings

I used to love the 'Star Trek' movies, 'Wrath of Khan' and stuff like that. Loved those movies when I was a kid. And 'Star Wars' obviously was hands-down probably - I mean I had the sheets. I was a big fan of that. — Michael Ealy

You go to white movies and, like everybody else, you fall in love with Joan Crawford, and you root for the Good Guys who are killing off the Indians. It comes as a great psychological collision when you realize all of these things are really metaphors for your oppression, and will lead into a kind of psychological warfare in which you may perish. — James Baldwin

Warns, lies, liars and mysteries everything in one place what more awesome than that???
Better check out Blindspot! — Deyth Banger

Every leader is telling a story ... about what he or she values. — Walt Disney

People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.' — Joyce Meyer

I went into the men's room and stared in the mirror at my face in disgust. I looked like I knew something, but it was a lie, I was a fake and there's nothing worse in the world than when a man suddenly realizes and admits to himself that he's a phoney, after spending all his time up to then trying to convince himself that he wasn't. I stared at all the sinks and pipes and bowls and I felt like them, worse than them: I'd rather be them. — Charles Bukowski

Sometimes one is without the pleasure of playing. But when the silence of the audience is perfect, we recover that. — Andres Segovia

Spirituality has thus come to be regarded by the world as those futile, self-torturing excesses of strange men and women who lived in far-off, benighted places and times. Accordingly, the One who came to give abundance of life is commonly thought of as a cosmic stuffed shirt, whose excessive "spirituality" probably did not allow him normal bodily functions and certainly would not permit him to throw a frisbee or tackle someone in a football game. — Dallas Willard

Wouldn't it be a horrible thing if we studied the ones we loved instead of bonding in deeper ways to doing things with them? — Bob Goff

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China. — George Ayittey

Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.' — Kyle Kinane

Careful," he said. "If you keep blushing like that I may do more than just draw you. — Nenia Campbell

If something doesn't come out of your mouth right, you've got to acknowledge the fact that you're trying to deliver an honest performance. If it doesn't' come out of your mouth correctly, then it's not going to work. — Guy Pearce