Annie Proulx Quotes
That was the stuff of other lives, he was waiting for his to begin. He got in the habit of walking around the trailer and asking aloud, 'Who knows?' He said, 'Who knows?' For no one knew. He meant, anything could happen. A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
-
I've been doing African dance all my life.
-
I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
-
People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
-
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
-
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
-
It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
-
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
-
My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
-
I'm not a materialistic person.
-
Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
-
There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'
-
I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
-
One of the things I learned as a young semiotics nerd was that if you have plot moving forward, no matter how banal the facts of it, simply the fact that the plot is rolling forward makes you wonder what's going to happen next, which creates suspense. So you can control peoples' attention simply by having things move forward in a story.
-
It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.
-
The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
-
I have only one real hobby - my husband.
-
I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction.
-
When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
-
Imagine how differently American business would function were our faith in the power of goodness to replace our faith in the power of money. Huge industries would no longer make billions of dollars on activities that diminish the well-being and safety of our children, our health, and our environment, on the pretext that it's "just business." To put money before goodness is idolatry, and the laws of the universe ensure that in the end all idols will fall.
-
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-
The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.
-
I betrayed Gutenberg for McLuhan long ago.
-
That was the stuff of other lives, he was waiting for his to begin. He got in the habit of walking around the trailer and asking aloud, 'Who knows?' He said, 'Who knows?' For no one knew. He meant, anything could happen. A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction.
