Witi Ihimaera Whale Rider Quotes & Sayings

Wylan didn't think he imagined the tension in the rasp of Kaz's voice. Kaz never yelled the way Wylan's father did, but Wylan had learned to listen for that low note, that bit of black harmony that crept into Kaz's tone when things were about to get dangerous. — Leigh Bardugo

I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go — Joseph Conrad

I think that the sense of inefficacy and inevitability comes not from thinking the rich are going to have all the educational advantages. No, I think it comes from the sense that politically, the wealthy have overwhelming power in this society and there's nothing, say a lot of people, that we can do about it. That is simply wrong — Paul Solman

Ensuring possibility is kept alive is imperative. — Steven Redhead

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty. — Francois Mauriac

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. — Horace

Pakistan is the most dangerous country on Earth. — Joseph Cirincione

This special was followed one month later by "Bart the Genius." This was the first genuine episode of The Simpsons , inasmuch as it premiered the famous trademark opening sequence and included the debut of Bart's notorious catchphrase "Eat my shorts." Most noteworthy of all, "Bart the Genius" contains a serious dose of mathematics. In many ways, this episode set the tone for what was to follow over the next two decades, namely a relentless series of numerical references and nods to geometry that would earn The Simpsons a special place in the hearts of mathematicians. — Simon Singh

The conflict between the need to belong to a group and the need to be seen as unique and individual is the dominant struggle of adolescence. — Jeanne Elium

Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded! — Deborah Smith

Everyone has days when they say: 'Well, my life isn't exactly lining up with my expectations.' But if life asked you what you had done for it, what would you say? — Paulo Coelho

Order should not have priority over freedom. But the affirmation of freedom should be elevated from a mood to a strategy. — Henry Kissinger

We get things wrong before we get things right. — Alistair Cockburn

I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV studio for a debate about his long-time working friendship with the powerful Bush family from Texas and how it might affect the next Bush presidency when The Terminator seizes power in Sacramento and tries to hand over the state's 54 electoral votes by election day in 2004. That is the basic plan behind Schwarzenegger running. He doesn't want to be Governor, he just wants the electoral votes to go to Bush this time. — Hunter S. Thompson

In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love. — Lauryn Hill