Henning Mankell Quotes

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival.

Henning Mankell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: February 3, 1948 - October 5, 2015

Topics

WisdomChildrenSurvivalDignity

And I think Americans are phenomenal people.

Joe Miller

PeopleThinkI ThinkPhenomenal

Part of playing the game of life is you're going to have some losses.

Joe Gibbs

LifeGameYouPlayingLossesGoing

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

Jessica Hagedorn

MyselfSocietyUnderdogPersonSeem

No one manipulates me.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Me

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Ambrose Bierce

FamousMiserableConspicuously

I am passionately invested in the survival of Israel and everything Israel represents. But I am extremely critical of much of its policy. I believe that the occupation must end. And if it doesn't, it will end Israel. I'm not in favor of settlements.

Simon Schama

I AmBelieveEndSurvivalWill

My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.

Michaela Watkins

CharacterWordsMeThoughtYouPage

I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.

Missy Elliott

BestOffComeLyricistTryin

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Joseph Conrad

ManAmbitionGoPossibleBeenFar

I told jokes badly.

Don Rickles

JokesBadly

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental.

Don Adams

SeriousDegreeSentimentalAwkward

Many of those who once were so passionately in love with Christ now run about pursuing their own interests. They're burdened down with stress and problems, chasing after riches and the things of this world.

David Wilkerson

LoveStressWorldProblemsDownRun

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