Laila Lalami Quotes
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.
Laila Lalami
Quotes to Explore
-
In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
B. H. Liddell Hart
-
Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
Warren Christopher
-
We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
Gavin Newsom
-
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
Barbara Bush
-
I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
Taylor Lautner
-
There is no diplomacy like candor.
E. V. Lucas
-
I went to the Conservatory, studying piano and singing, up to high school - but I only did four years because I then had to start working, and the jobs were so good that I didn't stop.
Elena Roger
-
Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.
Brian Tracy
-
When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do.
Frankie Cosmos
-
Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past.
Peter Welch
-
Venezuelans have a long history. So we are able to listen to each other, to talk to each other. From here were born the liberators of the region, and they said before and after that process we have a culture of political action. We are not in despair. That's the image broadcast to abroad.
Nicolas Maduro
-
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.
Laila Lalami
