Alice Oswald Quotes
I hate not managing to speak clearly. I really hate it. I get a feeling of claustrophobia - like I'm locked in my own head - if what I've said hasn't reached someone.
Alice Oswald
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
Lao Tzu
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mahatma Gandhi
North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
W. E. B. Du Bois
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Pat Conroy
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
Queen Rania of Jordan
What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
Mae Jemison
I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
Oliver Stone
I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
Iman
I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.
Joe Arpaio
I'm not interested in making horror-comedies, but I'm very interested in making scary movies with funny parts.
Jason Blum
I'm terrified of babies I think, creatively as a woman, you change once you give birth. I'm totally not ready for that.
Lady Gaga
I hate not managing to speak clearly. I really hate it. I get a feeling of claustrophobia - like I'm locked in my own head - if what I've said hasn't reached someone.
Alice Oswald