Ydessa Hendeles Quotes & Sayings

Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what they lack in number of inches from the ground. — Dorothy Parker

We are not striving to make pain go away or to become a better person. In fact, we are giving up control altogether and letting concepts and ideals fall apart. This starts with realizing that whatever occurs is neither the beginning nor the end. It is just the same kind of normal human experience that's been happening to everyday people from the beginning of time. — Pema Chodron

The world around him had gone brown. Brown grass and gray skies. No green. No blue. No life. — Hugh Howey

Sometimes you have to go above the law. — Fawn Hall

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment. — Lucinda Williams

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. — Horace Walpole

I'll take care of things." Colton grabbed my shoulders and turned me toward the hall and pushed. "Walk." "Walk where?" "Just walk." "I'm not into it, you know, that whole dominant-submissive thing? I don't get it." But I kept walking. "I don't like being ordered around. It makes me want to punch you in the face. It doesn't make me hot." "It takes nothing," Colton whispered, his breath blazing across my neck, "to make you hot, especially when it comes to me. — Rachel Van Dyken

Come, my spade; there is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and gravemakers; they hold up Adam's profession. — William Shakespeare

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up. — Kristin Scott Thomas

Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless. — Peter Coyote