Yulan Quotes & Sayings

Our sufferings produce strength of spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality. — Jose Serrano

I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country ... No other country has such human capital. — Rita Levi-Montalcini

The Israeli mentality was totally different to mine. They just didn't understand people like me. They couldn't understand why I had been in a ghetto. We were totally different. — Edgar Hilsenrath

When I was quite young I fondly imagined that all foreign languages were codes for English. I thought that "hat," say, was the real and actual name of the thing, but that people in other countries, who obstinately persisted in speaking the code of their forefathers, might use the word "ibu," say, to designate not merely the concept hat, but the English word "hat." I knew only one foreign word, "oui," and since it had three letters as did the word for which it was a code, it seemed, touchingly enough, to confirm my theory. — Annie Dillard

It was like looking at the sun and not going blind — John Corey Whaley

The sensual and spiritual are the same energy playing at different speeds, like poetry and dance" Alla Bozarth Campbell. — Alla Bozarth-Campbell

Life was like a cannon, Beld Yulan had always said. "You've got to clear the empty casings before you can fire again." As — John Jackson Miller

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder. — Adrien Brody

He wants me to stay in London and go to restaurants and theaters and marry him like a reasonable person. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Spare the soul that feels a deadly wound. — Ovid

We're very near a certain point where money doesn't mean anything ... They say: How much money is this going to cost? This is really a totally meaningless concept. Money determines less and less our reality. Money is not constant factor, it's simply a process dependent entirely on acceptance for its existence. We already see situations without money, and I think that we're coming closer and closer to it. — William S. Burroughs

I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in. — Bill Gates