Martha Beck Quotes

Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

FearAngerMeaningMatterMayWell

For me, if I have done my duty, the continued approbation of Congress and the Marine Committee will make me rich indeed, and far more than reward me for a life of service devoted from principles of philanthropy, to support the dignity of human nature.

John Paul Jones

LifeNatureServiceSupportMeRich

In so much SF, either gender roles are the ones we're used to in the here and now, only transported to the future, or else they're supposedly different, but characters still are slotting into various stereotypes.

Ann Leckie

FutureGenderStereotypesNowHere

There are many dreams which I never wanna wake up from. Actually, I don't like waking up, full stop. So no matter what the dream is, I just don't wanna wake up and get out of bed.

Rithvik Dhanjani

DreamsWake UpDreamStopMatterUp

The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.

Michael Morpurgo

LifeLiveHeartEyesPeopleWorld

Prisons and jails, I tend to feel that you're actually safer as a journalist than you might think, certainly more than it appears.

Louis Theroux

ThinkFeelYouMoreThanPrisons

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

Johnny Weir

ArtMeSkatingTryAlwaysBring

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Derek Bailey

MusicCircumstancesAffectPlaying

When I turned 11, we had to leave East Germany overnight because of the political orientation of my father. Now I was going to school in West Germany, which was American-occupied at that time. There in school, all children were required to learn English and not Russian. To learn Russian had been difficult, but English was impossible for me.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

FatherChildrenTimeSchoolMeNow

The walk from Selma to Montgomery that turned into Bloody Sunday leaves us with a strong reminder of how much those before us gave for basic human rights.

Donna Brazile

WalkStrongSundayHumanRightsUs

We're all just trying to do the best with what we've got. I hope I help people see themselves on TV.

Chrissy Metz

HopeBestPeopleHelpTryingSee

The best of me now lives on in my two little women, baby girls I was lucky enough to be able to make with my own body.

Cobie Smulders

WomenBestMeBabyEnoughBody

If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

Brian McDermott

ConfidenceAdversityAchievementMe

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