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There is no success in this world without first conquering the battle within your mind.
* We have come this far always believing that justice would somehow prevail. This is the burden, this is the promise, and THIS is why ...
There is no substance which is not a poison; all are poisonous. Only the dose determines.
Sam and Charlotte were born at the exact same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves.
Sex doesn't sell as well as we thought. If we would not sell the Van Gogh and Co., it would be a very serious problem.
Have courage and do not fear the assaults of the Devil. Remember this forever; it is a healthy sign if the devil shouts and roars ...
Usually I like to make my movies from start to finish in chronological order. As a filmmaker it lets me be able to direct my ...
If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words.
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.
Even when dreaming, if the sentient beings who dwell in the three lower realms are witnessed, then at that moment one should pray to sever ...
Creativity is to think more efficiently.
I can't believe this is happening. The ghost stuff he handles without a problem. Discovering I was previously uncharted territory, that's grounds for panic?
Pythagoras based musical education in the first place on certain melodies and rhythm that exercised a healing, a purifying influence on the human actions and ...
Dance is an image. As painting is a song. Simulacra simulate. A rite repeats a metaphora (a voyage). Moving trucks in modern-day Greece still have ...
Even during the period when Rome lost much of her ancient prestige, an Indian traveler observed that trade all over the world was operated with ...
What if instead of reading, you wrote? Instead of watching TV, you made videos? Instead of listening to music, you learned how to play guitar?
No risk is too great if the potential reward is revenge.
Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga. They're worn in ...
Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.
I loathe the happiness of all these people who don't know they're unhappy.
It felt like I had a thousand packs of Strawberry Pop Rocks simultaneously detonating in my chest, and I dilated at least eight centimeters!
The institution of private property ... is undergoing, at this time, a strain never put on it before. Not because the corporation, in essence, is ...
Are the styles we embrace a matter of taste, or of values rejected?
The secret to successful homeschooling is faithfulness - consistency if you rather.
19. All possibilities I will attemptAnd as I am here now,Knowing what I know now,I have faith in myselfThat I will succeedAnd I will succeed.And ...
It's life. You deal with it or you don't.
Many or most of our problems lie in combinations of market failure and irresponsible and short-term behaviour.
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.
I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
In today's world more harm may be done by well-intentioned people trying to do good, who are unaware of the unintended consequences of their actions, ...
All grace grows as Love to the Word of God grows.
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on ...
S. J. Keyser is a shrewd and insightful observer of academe. His experiences in three universities, Brandeis, UMass, and MIT, enrich his perspectives about the ...
Even the wise appear foolish before one who brings peace to another.
More Miracles occur from Gratitude and Forgiveness than anything else
My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. ...
All memories fade away in the end. Then, only dreams are left. And because they are all we have, we confide our life's worries to ...
Some performers are brilliant comedians, some are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. THE BOBS are all of that - ...
You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to win
The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they ...
I'm not a fan of maggots. I could never do that I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!
I write you a letter that beginsWith I love you and ends with I love you andSomewhere in the middle is one goodbye forEvery hurt
I think a person has to just be herself.
Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd ...
I think pineapple is very sexy. It reminds me of bikinis and the beach.
Im being haunted by midgets. Heavy, determined, club wieldind midgets
Wonderful bit of Chinese wisdom that asks, "When is the best time to plant a tree?" The answer is "20 years ago, but the next ...
Culture wants to sexualize us; church, it seems, wants to desexualize us. In the end, women are left staring in the mirror and wondering if ...
Programming is the art of writing essays in crystal clear prose and making them executable