Rebecca Solnit Quotes

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenGreatRevolutionFallRules

Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.

Andrea Hirata

StarsHappinessCoffeeSimpleNight

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.

Andrea Arnold

WeatherBuyMakeAffordFilms

It's definitely an issue if the actor has passed away without stating any intention or desire about how his or her likeness should be dealt with. Then it falls to their estate. That's a problem that will start solving itself. Now the technology exists, and actors are aware of this and can make their wishes known.

John Knoll

TechnologyStartProblemIntention

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

John McGraw

MenI AmTeamKnowOrderObey

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.

Max Hastings

HopeGovernmentSeemsDecentOnly

After qualifying for a B.Sc. in pharmacology, I spent a few months in Sheffield University as a research worker in the pharmacology department but then went back to Oxford to the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research in order to study for a D. Phil. with Dr. Geoffrey Dawes.

John Vane

MedicalResearchBackStudyOrder

The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States.

Stephen Kinzer

FaceBeyondDifficultyEnglishFar

From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.

Tom Chatfield

EducationSuccessHealthTraining

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

Rosalynn Carter

PeopleWorldCareBetterYouPlace

The thing about being an outsider... is that it teaches you to hear what people are thinking because you're constantly looking for the people who just don't give a damn.

Mike Nichols

PeopleLookingThinkingYouDamn

When something terrible happens, how you react determines who you are from then on.

Lisa Kleypas

YouReactSomethingTerribleHappens

You gotta step up your bars! Look, I run two labels. I sing. I dance. I don't spend all my time rapping.

Jay Park

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