Michael Dirda Quotes

A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know.

Michael Dirda

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ReflectionValueLibraryYouKnow

I've always loved to combine different scents to come up with my own unique thing.

Jennifer Aniston

LovedUniqueMy OwnAlwaysUpOwn

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

Andrew Sullivan

FriendshipCulturePainGayDesire

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

John Henrik Clarke

PeopleYouOppressionFirstConvince

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Mencius

DutyOthersChargeOneselfRoot

I went to a Catholic school but did not really fit in.

Amber Heard

SchoolCatholic SchoolFitDid

Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people.

Soccer Mommy

LonelinessPeopleMeMomentsCome

I've only ever written about one thing in my life, which is the fact that we, as human beings, have a responsibility to one another and that it's important that we empathize with others, that we organize society so that we all become happier and we all get the life we really want.

Roger Waters

LifeResponsibilitySocietyMy Life

America provided things that form the foundation of who we used to be: the prospect and potential of hope, mercy, and freedom for strangers who came carrying not much more than a determination to survive in a big country with a bigger heart.

Mike Barnicle

DeterminationHopeHeartFreedom

The difference between us and them, between you and success, is not that you never fail, but it's how you recover from those failures - is that you keep getting up time and time again. You figure out what you did wrong, and then you make it right. I say that to my kids every day.

Michelle Obama

SuccessTimeDayYouEvery DaySay

A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.

Chris Pratt

FriendMeWinningHawaiiActorGot

The ANC has failed to address the problems of the black majority quickly enough.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ProblemsBlackEnoughMajority

HBO has 28 million subscribers, small stuff compared to TBS, which can be seen in 88 million homes.

Suzanne Fields

SmallSeenStuffMillionWhichHBO

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