Rebecca Solnit Quotes

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1961

Topics

GreatPeopleCalmSurvivalBeyond

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Joan Didion

WorthPriceSelf-RespectQuestion

I'm in love with the entire industry and every aspect of performing and directing, even writing, and I love working with acting students.

John Callen

LoveWritingActingIndustryWorking

It's very hard to tell an actor, 'Stop acting.' It's easy to tell a non-actor, because they're embarrassed when they act. They get ashamed when they do something cliche, whereas an actor is happy.

John Carney

HappyEasyActingStopActorHard

Tebow would never hit the field.

Jerry Jones

NeverWouldHitField

I come from a pretty humble family, and I try to be a humble guy.

Andrew Benintendi

FamilyHumbleTryPrettyGuyCome

Stay the course and keep building an integrated Apple ecosystem of iPhone + iPod + iMac + iTunes + App Store + Apple TV. No one has yet demonstrated they understand how to create an 'experience-based ecosystem' as well as Apple.

John Sculley

BuildingAppleCreateUnderstandApp

I definitely want to be a mum. Lots of my friends are having babies, but I don't know quite when to do it. My mum says, 'There's never a right time; you've just got to get on with it'.

Amy Nuttall

TimeFriendsYouRight TimeKnow

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

Stefon Diggs

GoodPracticeYouPlayGoPace

I think I am intrigued by paradoxes. If something seems to be a paradox, it has something deeper, something worth exploring.

Roger Penrose

I AmThinkWorthExploringSomething

I think if you went to a studio and pitched the first 'Insidious,' it never would have gotten made because it was so offbeat.

Jason Blum

ThinkYouNeverFirstBecauseMade

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.

Joni Eareckson Tada

SoulHealingPeopleProblemYou

There are the people who read my horror novels - the first two of them - and they found them scary or whatever, and then there are some people who are maybe not entirely stable who think that they're real, who think that they're being stalked by the same demons or ghosts that are mentioned in the books.

David Wong

PeopleThinkDemonsSome PeopleReal

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