Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th’ only jewel he should wear.
BHARTRHARIAttitudes on campuses often presage tendencies in the larger society. If that is so with respect to freedom of expression, the erosion of principle we have seen throughout our society in recent years may be only the beginning.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won’t be afraid of it anymore.
MARILYN MANSON -
I think diversity in television is important. It’s not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity.
AISHA TYLER -
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
HERMANN HESSE -
If you understood him, it would not be God.
SAINT AUGUSTINE -
I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.
NICOLE KIDMAN -
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
GEORGE ORWELL -
He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.
CORMAC MCCARTHY -
I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
BLAKE MYCOSKIE -
Truth comes out in wine.
PLINY THE ELDER -
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF -
Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA -
It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
NICOLE KIDMAN -
Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
By relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
BERNIE SIEGEL -
We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
DOLORES HUERTA