Nancy Pearl Quotes

I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to talk about, you can build a community out of a diverse group. A common language grows out of it.

Nancy Pearl

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• Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
  • Time
  • Light

• I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Death
  • Loved

• We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.

  

  Hansjorg Wyss
  • People
  • Responsibility

• I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.

  

  Orson Welles
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • People
  • Business
  • Guy

• I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of controlled substance.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • People
  • Up
  • Small

• The roar of the crowd when you come out for a final is like nothing else: when 15,000 people are cheering you, a lot of adrenaline goes right through you.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • People
  • You
  • Nothing

• I'm a huge fan of meditation. I know lots of people assume meditation to be some Buddhist mumbo-jumbo, but it's been scientifically documented to create therapeutic changes in the brain.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • People
  • Brain
  • Changes

• There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races and all natures in the United States.

  

  Taylor Branch
  • People
  • Government
  • Door

• It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • People
  • May
  • Man

• You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Believe
  • Power

• Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher.

  

  Larry Miller
  • People
  • Looking
  • Market

• In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

  

  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • People
  • Up
  • System

• Above all else never let people know how physically unattractive they actually are. Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • People
  • Believe
  • Beautiful

• To me, to be political means you associate your work with a larger number of people’s living conditions, and that includes both mental and physical conditions. And you try to use your work to affect the situation.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Work
  • Political

• In order to succeed it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to do is be one day ahead of them.

  

  Leo Szilard
  • People

• Every industry has standards. For example, the motion picture camera, there are 2 or 3 film formats with a number of brackets and number of speed, a shooting speed that is standard. If we didn't have that, then some motion pictures will play back too slowly, and people would talk very slowly, and it will be bizarre.

  

  Jeffrey Zeldman
  • People
  • Picture

• The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • People
  • Music
  • Reality

• I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

  

  Antonio Banderas
  • People
  • America
  • Attention

• I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.

  

  Victor Webster
  • Time
  • Good
  • Chance

• Back in school, there was this guy who had a huge crush on me. One day, when he mustered the courage to propose to me on a Rose Day, my friends burst out laughing right in front of him. I'm sure we all have had such experiences, and I've had crushes in the past. Right now, all I can think about is my films and deliver my best.

  

  Pooja Hegde
  • School
  • Friends
  • Guy

• There's a point at which we make our lives, but we also take the path which is given to us.

  

  Ali Smith
  • Path

• I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to talk about, you can build a community out of a diverse group. A common language grows out of it.

  

  Nancy Pearl
  • People
  • Community
  • Language