Tayyib Rana Quotes

#1. The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior.

Stephen Hawking

#2. life is what you make of it. If you take it too seriously you just end up injuring your own self.

J.D. Hollyfield

#3. I can see television much more easily than I can see features, because the economy and politics of making big, big features seems to me to be narrowing even from what it was.

William Gibson

#4. On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

Penelope Fitzgerald

#5. I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb (p. 117)

Jenny Sanford

#6. No true power can be founded among men which does not depend upon the free union of their inclinations; and patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of the body politic to one end.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#7. I was like, I don't know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn't talked about in my home, but I was a very curious young girl.

Katy Perry

#8. To be embraced by Hollywood when I'd been acting professionally for almost 50 years seemed unbelievable. I've been so welcomed in such a warm, generous way - it seemed crazy not to take advantage of it. I hope for another 20 years where I can still keep going.

Jacki Weaver

#9. I'm so worried that I'm going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon some technical error.

Sally Mann