quotes about Small Villages

last updated: November 28, 2023

Israel has the mentality of a small Kibbutz. Kibbutz is kind of like a small village that - actually there aren't many Kibbutz left in Israel - but it was something that was based on socialism and based on a principle that everyone is working for the Kibbutz and the Kibbutz is one.
-- Meital Dohan

#Israel Quotes #Principles Quotes #Small Villages Quotes
Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.
-- Luke Treadaway

Source : "Luke Treadaway: Hello aliens, fancy a spliff?". Interview with Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2011.

#Growing Up Quotes #Small Villages Quotes #Oppression Quotes

“When people think of angels, they think flowing robes and halos. But in the Bible, they also look like ordinary people. Why not today?”

Source : Joan Wester Anderson (2009). “In the Arms of Angels: True Stories of Heavenly Guardians”, p.26, Loyola Press
“It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.”
“Life is a zoo in a jungle.”

Source : Peter De Vries (2014). “The Vale of Laughter: A Novel”, p.86, Open Road Media
“It's pretty easy to think of the idea of a story, and maybe even to write a scene or two, but understanding the ebb and flow of a narrative, where to leave the little clues your protagonist (and reader) need, while playing fair, takes a lot more skill and patience than you might think.”

Source : Source: lennoxrandon.com
“If I do an interview with [Holocaust survivor] Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?”

Source : "Hellfire and Heresy: Global Warming Hotheads Inflamed About Skeptical Challengers". www.forbes.com. March 23, 2006.
“Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.”
“Modern money is almost altogether credit money.”
“I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you make art with strangers. You give a reading. You move somewhere new and try to build a life. You grapple with humanity.”
“To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.”
“I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.