Michel Faber Quotes

I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing of a certain connectedness to my time, but potentially might allow it to make sense to people who are not in this time.

Michel Faber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: April 13, 1960

Topics

AgeHistoryTimePeopleWritingMay

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

John Henry Newman

SoarNeverContentGroundMustSure

The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows whose lives we can change by doing those things.

Michael Arden

ChangeTimeDo The Right ThingStand

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Stephen Covey

KeyPrioritiesSchedulePrioritize

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

Stacey Bendet

ThinkViewPoint Of ViewImportant

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Roxane Gay

PeopleMeWritingKnowPersonalWay

Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss video artist I learned about pretty early on. She's one of the first contemporary artists I knew about and was really drawn to.

Martine Syms

ArtistEarlySheFirstPrettyKnew

That's a fantasy of mine. We could do every record in a residency. It would be so cool. We could play the B-sides along with the album and get really creative with it.

Mike McCready

CreativeCoolPlayFantasyGetMine

To me, the greatest asset of the Fed is the people. We have a tremendously dedicated staff... They feel proud to work for the Fed because this is such a competent, professional and well-respected organization.

Janet Yellen

WorkPeopleMeOrganizationProud

A New Way of Life is a safe house that women can come to after they're released from prison in South Los Angeles. It's a place for women to detox the trauma, the torture of incarceration, be welcomed and embraced and live and begin their new path to - if it's recovery or receiving mental health services, go back to school, get their children back.

Susan Burton

LifeWomenLiveChildrenHealth

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

Paul Wellstone

ChangePeopleVoteWayResponsible

Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.

Scott Walker

ChildrenHistoryTimeBetterTell

A smartphone is a computer - it's not built using a computer - the job it does is the job of being a computer. So, everything we say about computers, that the software you run should be free - you should insist on that - applies to smart phones just the same. And likewise to those tablets.

Richard Stallman

JobSmartFreeComputersYouRun

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