Francesca Lia Block Quotes

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

Francesca Lia Block

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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.

Eden Robinson
- Power
- Mistake
- Decisions
I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.

Pardis Sabeti
- Writing
- Way
- Like
On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

Candace Parker
- School
- High
- Reality
If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

Zubin Mehta
- Life
- American
- Know
Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.

Oscar Fernandes
- Country
- Light
- Religion
In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
- World
- Work
- Past