Herta Muller Quotes

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a book, which expects nothing in return other than that we think and feel.

Herta Muller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 17, 1953

Topics

BookThinkFeelLiteraturePersonal

I wouldn't necessarily say that 'Alpha House' or 'Betas' embodied a particular vision of Amazon of the kind of brand or programming they were gonna do. I think those were the first lucky creators who hit it right for them.

Jill Soloway

VisionThinkBrandHouseSayKind

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

Andrew Jackson

DayPoliticsPeoplePromisesEarly

I'd say music runs in my blood. My parents are exceptionally talented singers, so even before I was born, it was a known fact to them that I'd become a singer. Thanks to my genes, I started off at the age of three and since then, music has meant everything to me.

Sonu Nigam

MusicAgeParentsMeBornThree

Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis.

Roger Ebert

I AmDetailLiteratureAnalysisFans

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

Mickey Mantle

GameEasyYouRealizeUpGet

I thought I'd get an MBA, and then I could be anything. And I'd write on the side. That was the idea.

Dee Rees

ThoughtWriteSideAnythingGet

I think Charlottesville was shocking for some, but it wasn't for me or for my family, I mean, because I grew up in 1980s Nashville.

Dee Rees

FamilyMeThinkMeanNashvilleUp

If I lead my life according to someone else, I've screwed my life up.

Anushka Sharma

LifeMy LifeSomeoneLeadUpElse

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

Anthony de Mello

HeartPeopleThinkingDoneWill

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Seamus Heaney

HopeYouOutStartedHopesEven

It's funny - in elementary school, I went by Amber. I never liked Tiffani.

Tiffani Thiessen

FunnySchoolNeverElementary School

One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.

Norman Davies

SaidEuropeThingsSomewhereFew

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