Geliefde Ypma Quotes

#1. Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt.

Vaclav Havel

#2. I grew up in a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every time I went into the subway I was absolutely astounded because you see people from all over the world who actually live here - who aren't just here as tourists.

Tony Kushner

#3. Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that.

Karl Marx

#4. Death should take me while I am in the mood.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#5. Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#6. Dryware, wetware, hardware, software, blackware, darkware, nightware, nightmare . . . The modem sits inviting beside the phone, red eyes. I let it rest - you can't trust anybody these days.

Neil Gaiman

#7. I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when we're born, and this red blob that's your soul or your heart.

Chita Rivera