Isabel Allende Quotes

I have become an American citizen, and I love this country. I think that this country has incredible potential for goodness, an incredible possibility for doing the wrong thing, too.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

LoveThinkPotentialAmericanDoing

Immersing myself in Shakespeare's plays, reading them closely under the guidance of a brilliant, plain-spoken professor changed my life: It opened up the great questions; it put my petty problems into perspective. It got me out of bed in the mornings and kept me in the library late into the night.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeGreatMyselfPerspectiveMe

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

Joakim Noah

WorkFatherJourneyBasketballKnow

I admire Trump for his accomplishments.

Michael Israel

AdmireAccomplishmentsTrumpHis

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Ambrose Bierce

PoliticsHandsTwoThievesUnion

I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how to react when people stare.

Robbie Fowler

PeopleMeLookingGoKnowSometimes

Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.

Michael Leunig

ManKnowMoreModernThanHe

People who want to be singers can be nurtured and taught, and they can make great strides. But, the truth is, if you are completely tone deaf, it is never going to happen for you. It's just a reality of life. It's like me thinking I can be an Olympic swimmer. It ain't gonna happen!

Diana DeGarmo

LifeTruthGreatPeopleMeThinking

Planet colonization is not a short term concern of mine. The physical limitations of space travel render it low on the list for me.

Chris Sacca

TravelSpaceMeShortPlanetLow

I think, a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears, of the idea of losing my mom or my best friend or doing something so terrible to somebody that's kind of deemed unforgivable or having a really broken family.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

FamilyFriendTimeBestBrokenMom

I love to do three easy things in the morning: I'll wash my face, I usually tone it, and then I'll put a little bit of moisturizer on it - not tons, because I have really oily skin. I don't have specific products I'm obsessed with; I just try different things. That's how I've always been.

Selena Gomez

LoveMorningFaceEasySkinThree

It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

Ricky Williams

LifeSoulSearchMeaningDownBeen

I don't want to follow in anyone's footsteps. I want to follow my own path and do something unique.

Kris Wu

PathUniqueWantMy OwnFollowOwn

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