I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes contradiction large learn
Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing. Maxine Hong Kingston eathabithunger Change image and share on social
To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways. Maxine Hong Kingston carrychangeeffectiveness Change image and share on social
The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over. Maxine Hong Kingston differencemadpeople Change image and share on social
Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There's a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them. Orson Welles aesthetecontradictionlive share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results. Calvin Coolidge findlargeman Change image and share on social