Quotes About Being Overshadowed

#1. As a self-described Guadalupe girl, Lupe was sensitive to Guadalupe being overshadowed by the "Mary Monster." Lupe not only meant that Mary was the most dominant of the Catholic Church's "stable" of virgins; Lupe believed that the Virgin Mary was also "a domineering virgin.

John Irving

#2. I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed ... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some common bond makes the people of all lands take to Negro songs as their own.

Paul Robeson

#3. Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers.

Tad Williams

#4. The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

Max Stirner

#5. If I go anywhere, and I don't have my coffee, I don't drink coffee. When I travel, I carry it with me - and I ask hotels to grind it and brew it for me if I can't have it in my room myself. I'm dedicated that way.

Grace Hightower

#6. When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other's destiny.

Abbi Glines

#7. For several years he hadn't moved outside a large, airy room, but this was OK, because he spent most of his time inside his own head in any case. There's a certain type of person it's very hard to imprison.

Terry Pratchett

#8. Val and Ruth had been friends forever, for so long that Val was used to being the overshadowed one, the "normal" one, the one who set up the witty one-liners, not the one who delivered them. She liked that role; it made her feel safe. Robin to Ruth's Batman. Chewbaca to her Han Solo.

Holly Black

#9. The lightest touch might keep Mary there, rooted in this frozen alley. Instead, she stretched out her hand to the worn red ribbon in Doll's wig. Was it the same one, she wondered, the first one, the ribbon the child Mary had set her eyes and heart on at the Seven Dials, three long years ago?

Emma Donoghue

#10. Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a ... legacy at Yale, so that was kind of great.

Jordana Brewster

#11. Being "in control" isn't always about the desire to manipulate situations, but often it's about the need to manage perception.

Brene Brown

#12. Watching needs a certain distance. If you are identified there is no distance, they are too close. It is as if you are putting the mirror too close to your eyes: you cannot see your face. A certain distance is needed. Only then can you see your face in the mirror.

Osho

#13. You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.

Elizabeth McCracken

#14. Some feel lonely because they haven't found that perfect 'companion' yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.

Yasmin Mogahed

#15. I am happy with you." It was only a half-lie. In truth, being with him made me happier than anything. But it was a bittersweet happiness because from this moment on, it would be overshadowed with the wait and wonder of when and how our relationship would dissolve.

Alicia Kobishop

#16. Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean.

Josip Broz Tito

#17. The beauty in this world was hidden by filth and lies while evil was painted in beauty and smiles.

Pepper Winters

#18. There's no reason to do 'ex and the City' if it's not going to be everything 'Sex and the City' is, which is vibrant emotions, comedy, drama ... and also, style.

Michael Patrick King

#19. The day you marry your dreams is the day you divorce your nightmares.

Matshona Dhliwayo