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A woman's death, through much of the same history, was thought to be a simpler thing, preferably quiet and uncomplaining, or tragically in childbirth. Just ...
The incarnation is the indispensable basis for union with Christ.
In one word, it is called Politics. But if you see closely, it is called Religion and Faith
We think that behind that steel door of resistance there's a dragon breathing fire; if we open the door we think we'll be devoured. So ...
I've done everything but tap dance across the table.
When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most.
For you the cup isn't half full or half empty, you're always topping it up.
But in Japan, there are two very specific words to define these selves: tatemae, or the presentation of your public self, and honne, how you ...
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.
A scholar must not only be capable of hard, often totally resultless work - he must actually relish it.
26The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?
Every night I fold myself into her, every night she comes into my life and I feel her hand on my heart and she is ...
To Dan, the boy looked like
Developing a Culture of Accountability where people take ownership for achieving key organizational results requires a willingness to make the link between where you are ...
Better to be a guarded person than an open book
People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection.
One of the most rewarding aspects of my research has been the opportunity to study the potential applications of a new catalyst.
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.
A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor is ...
If you could just have my head for half an hour, you'd know why I go mad.
These people have to be talented, inspired and held accountable for and must be given the opportunity for success and failure on their own.
You can't make a good deal with a bad person.
It was vision that dulled trust. It was vision that uplifted trust. Let them see how.
Myth does not want to be interpreted in cosmological terms but in anthropological terms or, better, in existentialist terms.
To me, detective stories are a great solace, a sort of mental knitting, where it doesn't matter if you drop a stitch."[From a letter to ...
And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.
It wasn't until I found the courage to look inthe mirror and say, 'I Love You' with conviction that I felt truly amazing! If no ...
There can be a reason for a reason already supplied and a reason for the reason for the initial reason.
Xyrophobia - fear of razors.
Be who you are. / Give what you have.
The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie about the places ...
I do think that once a horror genre is commonly parodied in other movies it sort kills that genre or that specific take on that ...
Man without a sword is still a warrior, but one with no shield is just a target.
I don't believe there can be any bad taste in creating a scene, only badwriting in handling it.
In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice, and ...
Mark 9:24 Lord, I believe. Help thou my unbelief. The context of this scripture teaches us so much
Great. Now I knew what his penis looked like. I could never have breakfast with the Paulson Pack again. Eating sausage with a straight face ...
My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her.
I have found this myself, in my study of Hindu and Buddhist writing, especially of Gandhi. But I have also found it in the writings ...
And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you ...
We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.
Loving God, as it turns out, is hard precisely because it does not promise the reassuring logic of accomplishment and failure.
The French have a different take on photography than Americans do. They consider photography to be absolutely parallel to literature. That often makes for a ...
What was Dr. Mera's motive for murder? I don't need to tell that to a writer of detective novels such as yourself. You know well ...
I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies.
According to your medical checkup, you are dead.
Engagement is that optional effort that employees (or volunteers) add beyond just following instructions.
We must intertwine business and ethics in a very fundamental way.
The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs.The duty of government is to help them do it.This is the pasta of ...