Sheila Heti Quotes

Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 25, 1976

Topics

PeopleWrongDesireVirtueVice

I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me to a lady's kitchen. I got it done, and I've never stopped.

Jessica Williams

MeMomKitchenLadyDoneLiving

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

John F. Kennedy

LifeCourageMomentTragedyTriumph

The president's priority is to protect the safety and security of the American people. That's the physical security of the American people as well as the prosperity of the American people.

John O. Brennan

PeopleSafetyAmericanSecurityWell

I am talking about strategies that were developed, working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump's mouth was a play from Putin's playbook.

Maxine Waters

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There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.

Michael Cimino

GoodWarPeopleSurviveHellEarth

Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

Mary Webb

NatureMusicNeverOverConclusions

At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally than before. This was not an easy thing to do. My mates did the simple thing in the first place and mainly passed with honours and went on to have remarkably successful lives.

Michael Leunig

GreatSimpleYearEasyPlaceFirst

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

Brian Eno

GoodStarsPeopleSuitsFindBeing

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Brian Aldiss

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Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.

Bob Sheppard

WorkYearYouCareerNobodyLiving

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

Anthony Hopkins

LifePeopleShortDealInsecurities

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Peter Drucker

ChangeBusinessOpportunityAlways

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