Internationale Quotes

#1. In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.

Ma Jian

#2. You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

James M. Cain

#3. Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

Ruth Draper

#4. The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.

Paulo Coelho

#5. The dark was real, though. It almost always is.

Lemony Snicket

#6. When nothing seems worth the effort - said some stern voice in her mind - it's a screen to hide a wish that's worth too much; what do you want?

Ayn Rand

#7. That's what belief does, Sylvie. Whether something is true or not is beside the point.

John Searles

#8. My life is an open book. With illustrations.

Hugh Hefner

#9. Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop.

Kevin James

#10. Been There, Fuck That'.

C.M. Stunich

#11. As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.

Nate Ruess

#12. Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Jawaharlal Nehru

#13. Once we start deliberately messing with the climate systems, we could inadvertently shift rainfall patterns (climate models have shown that rainfall in the Amazon might be particularly vulnerable), causing collapse of ecosystems, drought, famine, and more.

Jeff Goodell