Ruth Ozeki Quotes

It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it has to be that the author - me - is trying in some way to push my views onto my readers.

Ruth Ozeki

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

HeartStruggleMeBookPushYou

'Dependent web' platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Google and Yahoo are where people go to discover and share new content. Independent sites are the millions of blogs, community and service sites where passionate individuals 'hang out' with like-minded folks. This is where shared content is often created.

John Battelle

CommunityServicePeopleGoNewOut

We're giving our customer access to things she wouldn't have otherwise purchased, either because it wasn't smart to buy it, or she couldn't afford it.

Jennifer Hyman

SmartGivingCustomerSheBuyOur

I think that if something's really good, and it touches that part of their heart that has been untouched, or maybe it has been touched but they never wanted to admit it, I think that when they get back to that, I think that we are still in a place that people enjoy it the way it's supposed to be enjoyed.

Andrae Crouch

GoodHeartPeopleThinkEnjoyBack

I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.

John Malkovich

PeopleThinkCareMattersOther

I consider those actors who amaze me are somehow less attractive to me than those actors who move me.

Robert Lansing

MeAttractiveMoveWhoThanThose

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

Angie Stone

TodayMyselfI AmLovingPerson

When you take the individual out of the equation, then you're making programming based on some marketer's idea of what will sell, and not based on the idea of what an individual would like.

John Seabrook

YouWillProgrammingOutIndividual

The idea is that Jesus overcame death through the Resurrection. What that does is fail to appreciate the fact that the resurrected Christ is the crucified Christ. It's not like, 'Oh, that was just a mistake, now it's over.' Jesus continues to suffer from our sins.

Stanley Hauerwas

DeathMistakeAppreciateNowOver

Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.

Steven Wright

FishingFishYearLineLastCaught

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

Stewart Udall

GrowthPeopleAmericanChoiceFacing

I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection.

Mary J. Blige

PerfectionPlaceWayNeverWhere

If you were asked to go on 'Mastermind,' what would your specialist subject be? I wouldn't have a clue what I could answer questions on. Birmingham City Football Club would be a start, I suppose, but with a hundred odd years of history, thousands of matches, players and incidents to recall, even access to Google would leave me struggling.

Jasper Carrott

HistoryFootballCityMeStartYou

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ruth Ozeki