“There was a brief moment after 9/11 when Colin Powell said we "should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge." It was a great moment, an extraordinary moment, because what he was actually asking people to do was to stay with a sense of grief, mournfulness, and vulnerability.” PeopleShouldSaidMomentsDesireGriefAskingExtraordinaryRevengeVulnerabilityGreat MomentsWell SaidBrief MomentsExtraordinary Moments Author:Judith Butler
“The overall commentary on what I'm doing is saying, 'Hey look! I get to create whatever persona I want to, and it's all up to me. And the truth is, we are all - basically the universe - pretending to be humans for a brief moment of time. With a little self-induced amnesia.” WantHumansLooksLittlesSelfMomentsUniverseTruth IsHeyPretendingPersonaCommentaryAmnesiaBrief Moments Author:RuPaul
“No matter whether failure came A thousand different times, For one brief moment of success, Life rang its golden chimes.” DifferentMatterMomentsFailureThousandGoldenDifferent TimesBrief MomentsChimes Author:George Eliot
“Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.” MomentsLightSituationKeysChekhovBrief Moments Author:Robert Wilson Lynd
“Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.” SelfMomentsTortureDoubtersBrief Moments Book:Fear of Fifty Source: Fear of Fifty
“There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.” FirstsMomentsMemoriesWake UpHappyEmptinessBlankSlateBrief MomentsNo MemoryHappy MemoriesBlank Slates Author:Candace Bushnell