Ella Maillart Quotes

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

Ella Maillart

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: February 20, 1903 - March 27, 1997

Topics

HomeTimeTravelWorldConquerLong

I make Eric pick up from this little local place in Nashville that has really good honey whole wheat bread. It's near where he works out in the morning, so I make him pick up a loaf, and the kids eat it, too. I'll just keep passing out toast all morning. The kids just walk around with crumbs everywhere; we don't care.

Jessie James Decker

GoodMorningWalkCareHoneyPlace

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.

Andre Braugher

BeautifulSacrificeBelieveDirection

I'm emotionally unpredictable and all over the place.

Megan Fox

PlaceOverUnpredictableEmotionally

There's no way to really mock up or simulate what I'm doing until I'm there. An exhibition for me is not a statement but an experiment.

Robert Irwin

MeDoingWayExperimentUpUntil

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

Stephen Collins

GreatNew YorkStartCareerPlace

The environmental effects of the automobile are well known: motor vehicles cause, for example, as much as 75 percent of the noise and 80 percent of the air pollution in our cities, and the industry must face mounting pressure from environmentalists.

Stewart Udall

EnvironmentalFacePressurePollution

Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.

Simon Greenleaf

ReligionCreditOurThenWitnesses

On some level, some of the challenges end up being similar, which is when you have a very emotional scene to shoot. As an actor, you have to prepare a certain way, but you also have to prepare a certain way when you're a director because you have to be sure you're telling the whole story.

Miriam Shor

ChallengesStoryEndYouActorWay

There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.

Jasmine Guy

WorkChangeDayGratefulFireMen

You pray for days when the crappie fishing is so relentlessly good that you're giggling like a kid and the only things you're lacking in life are another stringer and an extra hour on the water. But what do you do with that pile of freshly caught crappies spilling out of your cooler? Call your pals for a mega-fry.

Jonathan Miles

LifeGoodWaterFishingYouKid

I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them.

Do Won Chang

FaithPastPeopleDownTurnBlindly

The way our business is, the way it works out, we end up being residents of everywhere.

Don Johnson

BusinessEndWayOutUpBeing

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