Stubbornly Determined Quotes

#1. Poems - crystallizations of the universal play of analogy, transparent objects which, as they reproduce the mechanism and the rotary motion of analogy, are waterspouts of new analogies.

Octavio Paz

#2. One discovers answers to problems only when one feels that they are burning and that it is a a matter of life and death to solve them. Is nothing is of burning interest, one's reason and one's critical faculty operate on a low level of activity; it appears then that one lacks the faculty to observe.

Erich Fromm

#3. Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do.
Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.

Francis Chan

#4. When you think something's out of reach, you back off and say you didn't want it anyway.

D.J. MacHale

#5. I have perfected the smile that says I'm fine, even though most of the time, I feel far from it.

Serena Grey

#6. I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.

Iman

#7. He'd stared into her eyes, dark with confusion and unwilling passion, and for one stark, horrible instant, he'd wished to be that different man. He'd wished to be worthy of her.

Anna Campbell

#8. I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

Ann Wilson

#9. Don't go to the circus.

Angie Sage

#10. I look like I lost a death match with a cheese grater.

Elicia Hyder

#11. Action scenes get me so excited, and my adrenaline starts pumping.

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

#12. We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#13. Henry wondered not for the first time if her blood ran red or black.

Anna Godbersen

#14. You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

Robert Caro

#15. To me this is not yelling. I am not yelling. I'm just passionate about my opinions and I want to tell you all of them before you start talking again.

Bill Burr