Lawrence Wright Quotes

People love to talk about the things that are important to them, but oftentimes as a journalist, if you're entering a world that's pretty esoteric and difficult to penetrate and has many barriers to outsiders, then the people inside that world just don't have the same language as you do.

Lawrence Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1947

Topics

LovePeopleWorldLanguageYouTalk

I do look at fashion, and I love going to Opening Ceremony and seeing what they have. Seeing what Jeremy Scott is doing. And this designer Bernhard Wilhelm. Proenza Schouler.

Jim Drain

LoveFashionDoingSeeingLook

The biggest message I want to get out is that a lot of us live in a bubble, and we think things can't happen to us, but they do. When it does happen to you, take care of yourself, and then get up.

Jenifer Lewis

LiveYourselfThinkCareTake Care

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Stephen Leacock

GoodCourageRideHorseFortyTake

I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.

Stanislav Grof

ExperienceMedicalSchoolSitting

Show me what society that ever existed that did not use the tools that they had available. Ask any person from East Germany... you will never hear somebody say, 'The Stasi never bothered me because I didn't have anything to hide.' That's not a thing that people say.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleMeSocietyToolsYouHide

Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story.

Michelle Dean

PowerPeopleStorySomeoneRemember

The Lord has promised great rewards for those who reach out to strengthen their brothers and sisters.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

GreatReachOutLordWhoRewards

I have a traditional view of the afterlife... heaven, hell and judgments. But the accounts of those places are scant, and I believe it's on purpose. We aren't supposed to try to figure out the architecture of the afterlife, since the big game is here in this life.

Doug TenNapel

LifeArchitecturePurposeBelieve

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

Antonio Munoz Molina

GoodPriceStrivingSometimesHigh

Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework that puts environmental protection and sustainable development firmly at the heart of our future economic growth.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

GrowthFutureHeartGovernmentGreen

Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, and other conservative giants are the voices of the conservative movement's conscience. Every day, millions and millions of Americans - myself included - turn on their radios and televisions to listen to what they have to say, and we are inspired by their words and by their determination.

Phil Gingrey

DeterminationMyselfDayWordsSay

For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world.

Peter Chernin

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