Etel Adnan Quotes

We were taught to think that Paris was the center of the universe.

Etel Adnan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: lebanese
  • Birth: February 24, 1925

Topics

ThinkUniverseParisCenterTaught

Thankfully, I already have a mogul I can pattern myself after: Oprah. We're a lot alike. I'm black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I'm more relatable.

Jessica Williams

LoveStrengthFriendMyselfBest

People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

Joan Blades

TimePeopleThinkInternetOpinions

Katrina silenced me for two years. I wrote a 12-page essay on my experience in Katrina, and that's it. I didn't write anything for, like, two, two and a half years after Katrina hit because it was so traumatic.

Jesmyn Ward

ExperienceMeWriteTwoAnything

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

John Bolton

Nuclear WeaponsAwayGoingGetNorth

I loved shooting 'iGo to Japan' because we got to be outside a lot, and our call times were really late because we had so many night scenes. It was pouring rain, so the cast would huddle together in between takes and drink hot chocolate. Shooting that episode was such a great bonding experience.

Jennette McCurdy

GreatRainExperienceTogetherNight

I'm not a good improv-er, which is what a lot of comedic actors are really good at. I have failed miserably when I've been asked to improvise.

John Cho

GoodBeenImproviseFailedReally

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

Anita Roddick

CreativeThinkingSurvivalNobody

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

Jeanne Moreau

LifeMomentAccomplishmentMeaning

By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives.

Rogier van der Heide

LightDarknessDesignInteresting

We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting.

Rupert Grint

ReadingWhereExcitingMetReally

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

Mary Douglas

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I think it's important to note that after the airstrikes began in Iraq and Syria, ISIS began a very aggressive social media campaign calling for these types of attacks, these lone wolf attacks.

Michael McCaul

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