Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you must go and sit and listen, or you take the mail for him, or you visit somebody or bring a flower to somebody... it is never too small, for this is our love of Christ in action
Quotes to Explore
-
The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
-
You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
-
When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
-
I've always dreamed of having a large family.
-
I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
-
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
-
I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
-
We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
-
I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
-
I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
-
The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
-
I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
-
Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.
-
You don't necessarily need a script or actors to tell a compelling tale. Finding a person at a key moment in his life and rendering the truth as you see it - that's the truest form of drama.
-
Interview with RIP Magazine, February 1993.
-
on reacting to racism I don't wanna be the better person. I don't wanna rise above it. I do wanna sink down to their level. I am not gonna turn the other cheek. 'I'mma gonna show you what cheek I'mma turn, OK!'
-
In real life, Oxford and Cambridge are two excellent universities, like many others in the country. They are full of highly intelligent, hard-working, and quite ordinary students and teachers.
-
Evolution is a fact. It is the best explanation of what is known from observations. It's a theory as powerful as the theory of gravity.
-
I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds.
-
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
-
I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.
-
I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.
-
Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair.
-
Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you must go and sit and listen, or you take the mail for him, or you visit somebody or bring a flower to somebody... it is never too small, for this is our love of Christ in action
