Essais Nouvelle Quotes

#1. I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.

Kathryn Bigelow

#2. A soldier's mind is made of rock; the heart of a candle.

Srinivas Shenoy

#3. The ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

#4. Sometimes it is no great shame to give in, even to despair, provided that it is just for a little while. Sometimes a little surrender is good for the soul.

Alexia Casale

#5. Now, Neve, are you about to say no to me?' 'Well, it's just that - ' 'Because the word "no" is not in my vocabulary, along with the words "can't" and "Victoria Beckham".

Sarra Manning

#6. I've always wanted to act.

Shayne Ward

#7. Wow Kelsey!" Kishan whistled. "I'm going to have to beat the other guys of with a stick!

Colleen Houck

#8. There's something that intervenes and is very important which has to do with value. Value in the true biological sense, which is that contrary to what many people seem to think, taking it at face value - sorry for the pun - we do not give the same amount of emotional significance to every event.

Antonio Damasio

#9. To count a few gulls makes the journey happy.
In the reedy bend, under the willow bank,
My wife and children smile with me.
The moment I fall asleep, wind and waves are quiet;
No glory, no disgrace, and not a single worry.

Wu Cheng'en