Bruce Feiler Quotes

One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us?

Bruce Feiler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 25, 1964

Topics

WritingWorldDoingChooseWhyOver

Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative.

Menachem Begin

PeaceMilitaryAlternativeOperation

Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

John Millington Synge

SisterLordLiverHerGiveGuts

I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating.

Andy Summers

LanguageSomeoneYouPlayGround

If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.

Simon Sinek

CareAmericanMattersWal-MartAbout

Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Orleans. And I'm really a jazz singer. I was impressed with Elvis - he was the handsomest guy I ever met in my life, and a very nice person, too. But the music doesn't impress me.

Tony Bennett

LifeMusicMeBlackMy LifePerson

A fresh pair of eyes can often find problems.

Mike Simpson

EyesProblemsFindFreshPairOften

You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies.

Michael Pena

FaceThinkLearnTryingYouKnow

There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity culture here, just as there is in London. But in Lahore, the celebrity scene doesn't drown out the rest quite so much.

Mohsin Hamid

CultureRestLondonCelebrityOut

I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy.

Miranda Kerr

TimeSpiritualPracticeMeEnergy

So I plan to prepare thoroughly and have several outfits waiting in the wings in case of inclement weather.

Lisa Guerrero

WaitingWeatherPlanWingsPrepare

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

Doris Lessing

WomenThinkDoneMovementMuch

Moving to Trinidad was a great experiment. I never knew what it would do to my work or even if it would be accepted by people and not be seen as me just falling off the edge of the earth.

Chris Ofili

WorkGreatPeopleMeMovingEarth

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