Oriana Fallaci Quotes

When you have been born in a war like me, living in a war as a child, when you have been in wars as a war correspondent all your life - trust me! You develop a form of fatalism; you are always ready to die.

Oriana Fallaci

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: June 29, 1929 - September 15, 2006

Topics

LifeTrustWarChildMeDie

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

Jim Leach

OptimismOutLittleRulePessimism

Through the international hotel empire, the Hilton name has become synonymous with class and sophistication.

Jerry Oppenheimer

NameHotelClassBecomeEmpire

You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well.

Mehmet Oz

HealthCoffeeThinkYouFirstUp

Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee.

John Jay Hooker

MoneyEffortMeProcessCorruption

I love Milwaukee, the rust belt. It's a very special part of America that's full of promise but also full of pain, where poverty is acute.

Matthew Desmond

LovePainAmericaPovertySpecial

My maternal grandmother, Annie Sparks, lived with our family during the while I was growing up. When I came home from school, after having made a detour to the kitchen to pour a glass of milk and fix a thick peanut butter sandwich on easy-to-tear white bread, I would go up to her sitting room.

Sue Hubbell

FamilyHomeSchoolGrowing UpWhite

It certainly must help us if we recognize that it is the presence of the Holy Spirit which creates a unity which we can never create.

Roland Allen

UnityHelpCreateSpiritNeverUs

What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices to continue.

Michelle Alexander

PoliceAccountabilityPlaceWill

I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil.

Johnny Depp

FearMyselfEvilThinkWillOff

Often, in books, I find female power to be cartoonish - power is a process, an evolution - it has responsibilities. It's not as simple as picking up your lightning bolt and throwing it at someone.

Deborah Harkness

PowerSimpleProcessSomeoneFind

It is a depressing business talking to journalist.

Antony Gormley

BusinessTalkingDepressing

Freud was just a novelist.

Peter Ackroyd

JustFreudNovelist

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