Martha Beck Quotes
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.Martha Beck
Quotes to Explore
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
Vaclav Havel -
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
Magdalena Neuner -
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
D. J. MacHale -
There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
M. Night Shyamalan -
I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.
A. R. Rahman -
I think there is no reason for us to bring to Islamism or political Islam the fear and ignorance of Western commentators and their hysterical vocabulary.
Pankaj Mishra
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset Maugham -
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Haile Selassie -
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
E. W. Howe -
Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
Camille Paglia -
I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
Famke Janssen -
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
H. L. Mencken
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
Gary McCord -
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Immanuel Kant -
I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
Kate Walsh -
Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
Ina Garten -
There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
Tamara Mellon -
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
W. Eugene Smith
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I took my time to find the perfect girl.
Joe Namath -
The secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there.
Steven Tyler Aerosmith -
I'm always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.
Kathy Griffin -
Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
Sam Kean -
All in the waning light she stood, The star of perfect womanhood.
Lewis Carroll -
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.
Martha Beck