Alanis Obomsawin Quotes

So much history can be lost if no one tells the story - so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change.

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• There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Men
  • Women
  • Die

• There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Time
  • Opinion
  • Drawing

• I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Political
  • Party
  • Politics

• I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Think
  • Attention
  • Win

• To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Money
  • Mistake
  • Dawn

• I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • People
  • Stop
  • Always

• I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • Twitter
  • Awkward
  • Drums

• We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • People
  • Time
  • Why

• Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.

  

  Vanessa Redgrave
  • People
  • Feelings
  • Shakespeare

• The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Movie
  • Fun
  • Film

• A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Want
  • Cold

• Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some say excessively high - fees; their short- and long-term performance has been poor.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Long
  • Done
  • High

• I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Life
  • Joy
  • Service

• We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Power
  • Hearts
  • Other

• When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that explained how to be, how to laugh, what to wear, how to stand by yourself in the hallway. Everyone looked so natural - like they all practiced and knew exactly what to do - even the way they pushed their hair out of their face.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Feeling
  • Hair
  • Yourself

• A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Trying
  • Thought
  • Preparation

• I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Fun
  • Dream
  • Play

• I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Better
  • Ground
  • Holding

• The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Heart
  • Ocean
  • Devotion

• Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Opportunity
  • Dreams
  • Optimism

• Man can change his conditions by changing his words.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • Words
  • Change
  • Conditions

• So much history can be lost if no one tells the story - so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change.

  

  Alanis Obomsawin
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