Marguerite Duras Quotes

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

Marguerite Duras

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996

Topics

WomenNeglectOnlyIdeaWhoNo Idea

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.

John Bright

SchoolYearOldFirstYearsNine

I have learned in fashion to be a little savage.

John Fairchild

FashionI Have LearnedSavageLittle

I would come home after school and begin to create videos, because there was people waiting to see new content from me.

Megan Nicole

HomeSchoolWaitingPeopleMeNew

I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

Maureen O'Hara

SecretTellKeepStillMuchHow

Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible.

John Piper

LightCultureWorldBibleReading

I'm an adrenaline junkie. I love climbing crazy trees or cliffs, which doesn't make my mom very happy.

Stephen Colletti

LoveHappyMomCrazyTreesClimbing

A lot of screenwriters write certain characters, certain parts, with actors in mind. I don't really tend to do that. I describe them as specifically as I can, but I don't really picture anyone in particular.

Travis Beacham

MindPictureI CanWriteDescribe

The computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me.

Tony Kushner

MeSoundNoiseComputerImpatience

All of my acoustic playing came from my songwriting. All of the chords I've learned and all of the voicings I play them in are a direct result of composing.

Mat Kearney

ResultPlaySongwritingPlayingThem

I don't watch the news. I get really emotional about it, and I carry that stuff with me for a long time.

Missy Peregrym

TimeMeLongNewsLong TimeCarry

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'

Mitt Romney

WordsSuicideYouConversationWill

I don't like being victimized by a machine or by other people's demands on my time. I become resentful by feeling forced or incentivized to live a life I don't want to live. That rage in general prevents me from entirely becoming enslaved by technology.

Joshua Cohen

LifeLiveTechnologyTimePeopleMe

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