W Quotes
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“We aren't heroes out there in the military. We're just Patriots.”
“We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.”
“We aren't in high school. We aren't really in our families and we aren't in our houses. Those are the places we grew up and the times we spent together, but they aren't us. If think they are, then we're lost, because times end and places are lost. We aren't any place or any time . . . We are everywhere.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection
“We aren't just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose”
Source: Hope Again
“We aren't lazy, overweight models. We work out and must maintain proportionate bodies for work. Plus models are curvy and fit. Don't let the scale fool you. Plus doesn't always equal unhealthy, just like skinny doesn't always equal healthy.”
“We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.”
“We aren't natural statisticians. What we are is natural storytelling machines. And so what we do after we have the facts in hand is build a story to explain the facts.”
“We aren't particularly talented. We try harder!”
“We aren't playing as well as we'd like.”
“We aren't protecting the people who most need it when those who can contribute to the country's success emigrate. Contrary to what some claim, I am not getting rid of the wealth tax to help the rich.”
“We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some students more to cover and some less. That rarely works.”
“We aren't really called to save the world-not even to save one person; Jesus does that. We are just called to love with abandon. We are called to enter into our neighbors' sufferings and love them right there.”
Source: Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
“We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue to exist. Ultimately, capitalism only mirrors human nature.”
“We aren't robots. What makes us exceptional as humans, is that we have the capacity to feel as many emotions all at once.”
“We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of the artist suffering for his or her work, we think these writers achieved brilliance in spite of their suffering, not because of it.”
Source: The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
“We aren't supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we'd have no need for Jesus. And it's through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we'll let them.”
“We aren't the good guys, Anita. We're the necessary guys. -Edward”
“We aren't the Holy Spirit. I don't think we are responsible for the salvation of six billion people. But I do think that we are responsible to not just keep the love that God has shown us inside. If we are faithful with that, if we truly love other people, they will see it. That love is infectious. It drew us all to find out who Christ was and the truth about His gospel. It still works that way, no matter how flashy you package it.”
“We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.”
Source: The Orenda: A novel
“We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on.”
Source: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel
“We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's just about it.”
“We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.”
“We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract information from people to keep the American people safe.”
“We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.”
Source: The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame
“We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.”
Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
“We aren’t exactly emptying the oceans; it’s more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.”
“We argue with our biology, and the result of that argument is civilization.”
“We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.”
“We argued so often we thought we’d made a mistake marrying for love when there were things like fear and loneliness to bind you.”
Source: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
“We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain. Tragically Londoners have now paid the price of the government ignoring such warnings.”
“We armed ourselves with pistols, shotguns, and assault rifles.
We knew that the government had us impossibly outgunned but nevertheless felt obliged to not only prepare ourselves for the upcoming collapse of society as we had known it, but also to do whatever it took to speed the day when that collapse occurred.
The government was illegitimate; a puppet regime manipulated by a shadowy and sinister force that was hellbent on our destruction. The supposed democracy that seated traitorous politicians had been tainted by mass media that poisoned the minds and souls of our people to not only blind them against what was happening, but also to con them into complicity in their own downfall.
Our guns served many purposes. In addition to the simple purpose they were designed for-to kill people-our firearms endowed with us a sense of destiny befitting an epic struggle against fearsome odds.
The deadly seriousness of the situation was underlined, italicized, and emboldened by the smell of gun oil and the clack of magazines sliding into position as we recruited new soldiers into our movement. According to the founding Fathers, it was not only our right, but our duty to bear arms against the tyrants who had usurped our beloved nation.
I spent 7 years immersed in that world. A reality where I was constantly looking over my shoulder to reveal the handiwork of the enemy. Every aspect of our culture faced a relentless assault. Everything that was good about America-Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit of Happiness-had been denigrated and disparaged by those that sought to impose Marxist equality. I hated them for that. I hated them with the passion of a patriot. That hate was fueled by what I truly believed was a love for my race.
Oops! Did I say "race?" I meant a love for my country, Or was it a love of Christ? Or Allah? It could have been any of a number of allegiances-any number of ways to identify myself-that I built walls around and bristled at those outside, and it was all in the name of love.
Roads to a lot of really bad places are paved with that kind of bizarro love. A vampiric, soul-depleting love-substitute that beckons to those who never know the real thing.
I was very lucky to realize the true love of a little girl-my daughter-otherwise I'd likely be dead or in prison like so many of my former comrades. Simply by playing with other children, she taught me that the walls and guns and hate that had seemed to give me purpose were in fact unnecessary constructs that threatened to separate us. The children she shared toys, laughs, and smiles with also shared the same need for love and compassion that we all do-regardless of the color of our skin, our family's choice of spirituality, or the part of the world we come from.
I made a decision to cast aside the fear that masqueraded as love, and to live my life in wonderful affection for diversity instead of scorn for it.”
Source: My Life After Hate
“We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to what society conventionally rules and makes right.”
Source: Specimen Days & Collect
“We arrive at 69th Street, turn the corner, and walk toward the entrance to the Hunter auditorium. The doors are open. Inside, two or three hundred Jews sit listening to the testimonials that commemorate their unspeakable history. These testimonials are the glue that binds. They remind and persuade. They heal and connect. Let people make sense of themselves. ...
'Come inside,' she says softly to me, thinking to do me a good turn. 'Come, you'll feel better.'
I shake my head no. 'Being Jewish can't help me anymore,' I tell her.”
Source: Fierce Attachments
“We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.”
“We arrive with our...'baggage' and for a while they're brilliant, they're 'Baggage Handlers.' We say, 'Where's your baggage?' They deny all knowledge of it...'They're in love'...they have none. Then...just as you're relaxing...a Great Big Juggernaut arrives...with their baggage. It Got Held Up. One of the greatest myths men have about women is that we overpack.”
“We arrived at Stazione Termini around 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening. The air was thick and muggy, as if Rome had been awash in a rainstorm that had come and gone and relieved none of the dampness. With dusk scarcely an hour away, the street-lights glistened through dense halos, while the lighted storefronts seemed doused in gleaming colors of their own invention. Dampness clung to every forehead and every face. I wanted to caress his face. I couldn’t wait to get to our hotel and shower and throw myself on the bed, knowing all the while that, unless we had good air-conditioning, I’d be no better off after the shower. But I also loved the languor that sat upon the city, like a lover’s tired, unsteady arm resting on your shoulders.”
Source: Call Me by Your Name
“We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.”
“We artists allow others to see through our windows.”
“We artists are a different breed of people. We're a happy bunch.”
“We artists are hypersensitive, or we wouldn't be - couldn't be - artists.”
Source: Dear James: Letters to a Young Illustrator
“We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.”
“We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.”
“We artists can't be stopped because we live and breathe
to speak our truth
to write our truth
to paint, and sing, and dance
what we see,
what we feel,
what we know inside.
And we will always keep trying
to find a way to
reach some kind of audience,
even if it's in a dingy basement.
And for those whose art is the jest?
Our beloved jesters
(can they eliminate the comedians' platforms)?
They dance on the line between reportage and art.
But they may be the most dangerous of all
to the looming autocracy,
because they make people laugh at the king
(the one thing he most cannot stand).
And as the people laugh, they're also learning the truth:
the king has no clothes.”
“We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it.”
“We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.”
“We artists know how to address transformation--
how to grow empathy, passion, and collectivity--
Spirituality knows how to address transformation--
but not with formal systems--
Systems breed safety--
follow this and you will be this,
do this and you will do that,
get here and you will get there.
But empathy, passion, and collectivity grow
from the recognition that we are not safe,
that no one is safe,
that our only hope is to care for ourselves
and each other,
and that we must each figure out our own way
to do that.”
“We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.”
“We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.”
“We Aryans are those of European descent who are racially conscious and who have committed our lives to our people's survival and evolutionary advancement. We shall do our duty. We shall not surrender our freedom and our very existence to Jewish or any other power. We shall preserve our heritage and our hard-won rights and freedoms. We shall guide our people up the evolutionary stairway to the stars.”
“We as [churches] may be lampstands, but all of the light is Christ Himself. We exist in order that He might shine through us.”