Zavrene Quotes & Sayings

[Invading Iraq] will unite the entire Arab world against the West. — Richard Dawkins

At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on. — Robert McNamara

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed. — Winona Ryder

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card. — Billy Porter

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc. — Bill Rodgers

I've written short stories from male perspectives before, and I've never had a problem with it as long as I've understood the character's emotions and motivations. — Sara Shepard

We cannot lose the battle, if we release our faith knowing that God can do a miracle — Sunday Adelaja

My gut isn't wrong. Except when it has diarrhea. Then it is very, very wrong. — Sara Wolf

You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity. You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they? When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably. Men seek but one thing in life -- their pleasure. — W. Somerset Maugham

It must be said here, however, that among the activities that all LTTE members, both men and women, enjoyed most was reminiscing about events of the past. Watching them enjoying such conversations, one would think that they were the happiest people on earth because the interactions would be filled with laughter. They would discuss dead comrades, past battles, instances of near capture by the Lankan Military, receiving punishment from superiors, etc. But all of these subjects were discussed with a sense of humor. One SLMM member, who had noticed this without being able to understand the language, once commented that for a set of liberation fighters they did spend an awful lot of time talking and laughing. All of them indeed carried with them a great deal of painful memories and this, it seemed, was their therapy — N. Malathy