Quotes for All
I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of reconstructive communities as a cultural, as well as a political, fact: how geographic communities are structured to move in the direction of the next vision, along with the question of how a larger system – given the … Read more
When I came overseas, I realized that there are many ideologies and many trends, and it’s also very hard to produce honest art and honest literature. I decided that I didn’t want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because that’s also a kind of pressure that doesn’t allow absolute freedom. So I decided … Read more
When I sleepwalk into your room, and pick you up, and hold you up in the moonlight, you cling to me hard, as if clinging could save us. I think you think I will never die, I think I exude to you the permanence of smoke or stars, even as my broken arms heal themselves … Read more
Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard, and that’s it. Gale Sayers
Coach Morris wasn’t too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself. Gaines Adams
Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved. Gail Tsukiyama
Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress. Gail Sheehy
The awkward truth, according to one study, is that 90 percent of 8-to-16-year-ol ds have viewed pornography online. Considering the standard climax to even the most vanilla hard-core scene today, that means there is an entire generation of young people who think sex ends with a money shot to the face. Gail Dines
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers
Once you’re done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner. Gail Collins