Octavian Paler Quotes

After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.

Octavian Paler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: romanian
  • Birth: July 2, 1926 - May 7, 2007

Topics

HappinessTomorrowPeopleFallLook

Writing is rewriting; rewriting is writing - from the first crossed-out word in the first sentence to the last word inserted above a caret, that most helpful handwritten stroke.

John Casey

WritingFirstHelpfulAboveLast

I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

John Mellencamp

BestHumanSingleWheelsFortunate

In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

Jeff Conaway

DoingThreeSameYearsTaxiScene

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.

Michael J. Fox

EducationShortAlwaysUpGetCome

I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.

Amy Sedaris

PeopleIdeasHelpSeeThroughJust

I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.

Rosecrans Baldwin

TimeMeGrowing UpGivingEnjoyYou

Elvis walked over and signed a few autographs over the fence. They were screaming. I had never seen this.

Minnie Pearl

FenceNeverOverSeenScreamingFew

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

Joichi Ito

PowerCreativityDownMoreForce

I describe my career path as a zigzag, not a ladder.

Denise Morrison

PathCareerLadderCareer Path

'A Chorus Line' never dies; it just keeps opening doors and giving back to me - but there was a time when I considered it an albatross around my neck.

Donna McKechnie

TimeMeGivingDoorsBackNever

I would be Sassy Spice.

Bobby Berk

SpiceSassyWould

If it comes to be believed that we are simply a propaganda organ of some kind, as a lot of people believe about some of our competitors, that would be a problem.

Brit Hume

PeopleBelieveProblemKindWould

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