Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the development of language… — John Berger Copy Share Image
You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
You have to get something down, and then find ways of working in complexity and different layers of meaning... My first drafts… — Peter Wolf Copy Share Image
Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according… — Camille Pissarro Copy Share Image
I couldn't let how the team was doing affect my mindset on my rehabilitation because I sort of believe I had to… — Tedy Bruschi Copy Share Image
If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first sign of extravagance is to buy trousers that one does not need. — George Ade Copy Share Image
I like to approach every day like it's my first, so this morning when I woke up I covered my body with… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work. — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
We should manage our thoughts as shepherds do their flowers in making a garland: first, select the choicest, and then dispose them… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Let's face it: I'm scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess, I'm afraid for myself ... the old primitive urge for survival.… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
In all of my encounters with voters, I have repeatedly been confronted with two points of critique. First: You politicians are all… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
