T. E. Lawrence Quotes

The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.

T. E. Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935

Topics

SoulJoyMindDesertSelfLuxury

Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion.

Jim Fowler

NowOutEverybodyProportionThem

When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.

Jello Biafra

LifePeopleTryingYouNervousOut

When I was very young, I thought the theatre was a place where higher beings went about their celestial business, as if they knew nothing of ordinary life and its political mysteries.

Andrew O'Hagan

LifeBusinessTheatreThoughtPlace

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

Jeffery Deaver

ConflictRelationshipsSuspenseEven

I like men who have goals, something that they are passionate about and work hard to achieve. A good sense of humor is important too. And I like tall guys!

Ana Ivanovic

WorkGoodGoalsHumorMenWork Hard

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

Stephen Covey

CommunicationTechnologyPeopleFind

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

Silvio Scaglia

GoodWorldContentThroughChannels

Good luck needs no explanation.

Shirley Temple

GoodLuckGood LuckNeeds

The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt.

Ruth Rendell

PeopleYouYoungMoreYoung People

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

Jose Marti

LightBreadEveryoneMayOvenBake

If people really want to know and learn from history, why do they want bad history? Why don't they want good history? Wouldn't you rather know the truth, rather than the legend?

Alison Weir

GoodTruthHistoryPeopleLegend

No authority is higher than reality.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

RealityAuthorityThanHigher

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