Quotes About Durham City

#1. So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

Talib Kweli

#2. To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.

Lawrence G. Lovasik

#3. I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun. But I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.

John Darnielle

#4. Life is taking you somewhere, listen to the messages, they will repeat until you follow their call.

Leon Brown

#5. The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.

Nong Duc Manh

#6. If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging.

Jason Calacanis

#7. A man can laugh while he suffers.

Elie Wiesel

#8. It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

Edwidge Danticat

#9. Gratitude is heaven itself.

William Blake

#10. I like to just keep the land within sight. Nowadays they can tell you if there's a storm three days out. So it's not much of a concern. But I've never been a big boat person. I don't spend a lot of time at sea.

Casey Affleck

#11. As long as he lived, it would always be a pleasure and a gift to fill his hands with the weight of her flesh.

Yaa Gyasi

#12. I built my home in the feeling of waking up at dawn in a new city, where every road is the right road because there is no ordinary. Everything is as profound as you make it.

Charlotte Eriksson

#13. I cannot be grasped in the here and now,
For my dwelling place is much among the dead,
As the yet unborn,
Slightly closer to the heart of creation than usual,
But still not close enough.

Paul Klee

#14. I think Newt Gingrich is a Christian; at least, he told me he is.

Franklin Graham

#15. The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing

William James Moore

#16. I actually feel, when I get to about page 200, that it's going to be a book after all! It never gets easier - when you conquer one problem, another one rises up to take its place.

Marcia Muller