Janine di Giovanni Quotes

There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.

Janine di Giovanni

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

GoodGodBeautifulPeopleWorld

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

Andrei Platonov

LiveThinkingYouNothingInside

There is danger involved in combat sports, but this is the purest form of competition. It's all about finding the truth. When you put someone in a cage or a ring, you're going to find out the truth - not only about your opponent but about yourself as well.

Mauro Ranallo

TruthSportsYourselfCompetition

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

John Wooden

CriticismWeaknessYouPraiseUp

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

Simon Wiesenthal

MyselfI AmSurvivalI CanPrivilege

When I go back to America, after a few days I am once again filled with this kind of angry alienation and disgust with this thing there that America has got - you have no idea how pervasive it is there. The public relations and propaganda put out by the corporate mono-culture there is so pervasive.

Robert Crumb

AngryI AmAmericaYouBackKind

In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private.

Tom Brokaw

ManHeFordPublicPrivateAlso

The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest.

Roseanne Barr

HeartManWayThroughChestHis

I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a recipe. I will normally either talk from personal experience or I'll make a character and then try to allow that character to behave the way he or she naturally would.

Jason Isbell

CharacterExperienceSongStartGo

I had a great run with WWE. WWE gave me great visibility. I met my wife there, and I got paid a lot of money; it was just my time to go. I sensed it. I was smart enough to leave. That's the bottom line.

Brock Lesnar

GreatTimeMoneyWifeSmartMe

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

Alice Walker

GodExperienceCaseAnyInnate

I'm pretty spiritual; I believe a lot in the spirit of man.

Sylvester Stallone

ManSpiritualBelieveI BelieveLot

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.

Novak Djokovic

CountryPlayBoyTennisUnusual

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Janine di Giovanni