Rebecca Solnit Quotes

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is important, and disasters are sometimes one of those opportunities.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorldSocietyOpportunitiesSometimes

My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

WinterFatherTimeFarmHatsSummer

I love British voicing and British humour in general. I'm a huge Ricky Gervais fan.

McG

LoveHumourBritishFanGeneral

After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about.

Steven Shainberg

FindSomethingWantingSecretary

It is tempting to think of this form of insomnia, the inability to fall asleep, as a disease of agency and control: the inability to relinquish high self-reflexive consciousness for the vulnerable, ignorant regions of slumber in which we know not what we do.

Siri Hustvedt

ControlThinkFallKnowIgnorant

I think women want to look beautiful. I think that's an important thing. It is relevant.

Tory Burch

WomenBeautifulThinkLookImportant

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

Tony Parsons

BeachSunRememberDownGoPlaces

I've seen a lot of athletic juggernauts throughout high school, college, even the NFL who can't play the game.

Rob Gronkowski

SchoolCollegeGameHigh SchoolPlay

There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource.

Johnny Vegas

YouLondonEverythingUpGifted

I'll always write picture books - it's just what I do. I'd even do it if I wasn't being paid.

Debi Gliori

PictureWriteAlwaysPaidJustEven

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Colin Quinn

LoveTimePoetryWriteI Write

When you find what you love, and you find people that will support you, you're living the dream whatever you do.

Cole Swindell

LoveSupportPeopleYouDreamFind

It's true that the training and mentality in Spain is totally different to how it is in France.

Antoine Griezmann

TrainingTrueMentalityDifferent

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