J. M. Coetzee Quotes
She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: believing whatever has to be believed in order to get the job done.
J. M. Coetzee
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
Karen Duffy
If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
Yair Lapid
A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
Umera Ahmad
Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
Dan Buettner
May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
Zebulon Pike
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan
Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley
It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
Edna Ferber
I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
Tanya Fischer
I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
Larry David
There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
Valerie Plame
They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
Imelda Marcos
The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.'
Billy Gardell
Now, if most Americans want to go out and buy a car, they don't say, you know, 'I think I'll call the chairman of the board of Ford Motor Company and see what kind of deal we can make here.'
Jeb Hensarling
I warn my hon. Friends...that once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders.
Denis Healey
She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: believing whatever has to be believed in order to get the job done.
J. M. Coetzee
