Siri Hustvedt Quotes

Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.

Siri Hustvedt

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PresentLanguagePlaceRelentless

I don't mind giving everyone a shock - including myself.

Jessica Brown Findlay

MyselfMindGivingEveryoneShock

Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder.

John Hagel III

WorkPassionFindingTalkFollow

People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.'

Megan Hilty

PeopleThinkCameraAudienceAdjust

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

John Tesh

WorkMusicDayJobRestStop

I went to school, I got good marks, I had a very low key after-school job, and I spent a lot of time watching 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Dawson's Creek.'

Stella Young

GoodTimeJobSchoolKeyWatching

Nostalgia is a very human trait.

Stephanie Coontz

NostalgiaHumanVeryTrait

I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.

Steven Wright

LaughFriendsAttentionNeverAlways

The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside.

Robert Anton Wilson

PathForwardUniverseBackDownWay

When I play at home, I feel like I'm flying.

Riyad Mahrez

HomeFlyingFeelPlayI Feel Like

I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

Miep Gies

ThinkHolocaustHappenAgainRwanda

Jazz has a tradition that has enriched the culture in America. The intellectualism of it does nothing but make you think on a higher level and make you a better person if you engage in the music and let it do what it does when it is played at its highest level.

Jon Batiste

MusicCultureBetter PersonBetter

If you say 'I can't,' you'd better add on 'yet.' Once you start to change that inner dialogue, things that would seem completely impossible become possible.

Diamond Dallas Page

ChangeStartImpossibleBetterYou

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