Michel Faber Quotes

I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.

Michel Faber

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• The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Future
  • Past
  • Present

• Victory will belong only to those who have faith in the people, those who are immersed in the life-giving spring of popular creativity.

  

  Vladimir Lenin
  • People
  • Creativity
  • Victory

• The reason for the lights is simple. Wellesley has very limited open space, and our playing field space is extremely tight. Having the ability to put lights at Reidy would allow us to, really, double the utilization of our primary field.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Light
  • Simple
  • Reason

• The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.

  

  John Calvin
  • Nature
  • Law
  • Worship of God

• What do you think? Does this face make me look fat?

  

  Kiersten White
  • Face
  • Fat

• Yes, money is important. But it's all about the creative process.

  

  Travis Scott
  • Important
  • Money
  • Process

• He had to do certain things just to get out of the state, but I really admire his strength through this whole thing.

  

  Bret Bielema
  • Strength
  • State
  • Admire

• The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work.

  

  Wolfgang Beltracchi
  • Artist
  • Body
  • Paint

• The opposite of slut is someone who has not been labeled a slut, someone who has never been charged with violating doxa.

  

  Hanne Blank
  • Slut

• Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellows call me Bill!.

  

  Eugene Field
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Fellows

• The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Love
  • Young
  • For Him

• The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • Alone
  • Question
  • Risk

• I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males and females. We see them as different and not equal.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Humans

• Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy; don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan from people who can help you move it forward.

  

  Sara Blakely
  • People
  • Moving
  • Helping

• The silly season for Leonardo never closes.

  

  Martin Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • Never
  • Season
  • Closes

• The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness.

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Life
  • Proud
  • Confidence

• I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.

  

  Michel Faber
  • Fallen
  • Pushed