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Martha Gellhorn Quotes

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

Martha Gellhorn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 8, 1908 - February 15, 1998

Topics

Imagination Joke Bitter Destroy Due

Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of it.

American Tradition Horror Seen Even

When you get to Heaven, God points you to the all-Entenmann's craft service and says, 'You can eat all you want, and you don't gain any weight.'

God Service You Heaven Want Craft

Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds.

Time Lost Know Same Years Within

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.

Roads City Landscape Buildings Table

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please.

Robert Chambers

Ready Hand Always Over Repeat Books

I believe we live in a love-starved society. Everywhere you go there are probably people who haven't had the right kind of love in their lives.

Love Live People Society Believe Go

Remember where you came from.

Donald Rumsfeld

Remember You Where Came

As a species, the look of another of our species into our eyes has a great power. It can mean a lot of different things: aggression, love.

Love Power Eyes Great Look Mean

I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.

I Am Lucky Level How Every Amazed

Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.

Mother Wisdom Perspective Strong

I can read a crowd pretty well. I know what to play and know how to keep it interesting for them and for myself as well. Most of the other DJs are more like producers so they become famous because they make hits and then they start DJ-ing. But I'm more from the other way around.

Myself Start Famous Interesting Play

I grew up in the West Village and went to the New York City Lab School for junior high.

Morena Baccarin

School New York City New Village Up

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