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One thing he shared with the singing bird was a love of rain and especially of storms. He always felt a deep thrill of awe ...

We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.

Her eyes flashed, hot and angry, like lightening cutting through a red sunset.

The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as ...

She single-handedly stocked Leta's entire wardrobe, and although the clothes were flashier than I would normally prefer, I didn't see the harm in having a ...

Only secretly rebellious teachers have ever done right by our least advantaged kids.

I tell people that I'm not necessarily any good, it's just that there is nobody like me. I just promise you will not be bored.

People say Altamont was the 'end of the '60s.' It was unfortunate, but at the time we didn't think of it as signaling anything. The ...

The tempest unleashes an alphabetletters fall through the apertures of crazy anglesto spell out the futureuprooting the course of inventionand enslaving the masters

As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

He (Daedalus) would follow that bearing, the sun on his shoulders and the past slipping away.

We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.

My parents and grandparents listened to bacheta heavy, the true bachata from back in the day - Juan Luis Guerra, Anthony Santos. I liked the ...

It is not among the palm trees that I wish to die, but among the poor who are Jesus Christ.

Assuredly there is no more lovely worship of God than that for which no image is required, but which springs up in our breast spontaneously ...

Tranquil Ladakh, the northernmost corner of my vast country. Frontier land. So unique. Unforgiving terrain with forgiving people.

I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and ...

Change the way of looking at things and your soul will get a beautiful shine.

I guess I am what I have always been. Not Dauntless, not Abnegation, not factionless. Divergent.

The cross pollination of disciplines is fundamental to truly revolutionary advances in our culture.

It's hardly early," Jasnah said, gliding forward. It seemed obvious to her that Gavilar and Amaram had ducked out to find privacy for their discussion. ...

Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless ...

Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.

No man ought to commit his life into thehands of that Physician, who is ignorant of Astrologic:because he is a Physician of no value.

Mothers, do you wonder of an evening, About the tears, the sadness, the passions of your children?- Tale of the Sun and the Road

I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.

I had a life with people who I would die for! You've ruined everything. I despise you," he spat."You're supposed to despise him," Arjuro muttered. ...

By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He ...

I grew up watching my dad scout games live. They played on Saturday. Sometimes they wouldn't get the films until Monday. Sunday air shipping from ...

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.

Any final requests? This is going to be quick.""Yes, actually I'd like you to change your mind.""Not about to happen.

Fear can't be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They're like love. They're almost identical emotions.

I met a zillion people through Ronnie Wood. He's been my friend since he was in The Faces, and he's still my best friend. A ...

The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists, ...

AQAL is a map of samsara, a map of the prison, but if you gonna make a prison brake,you need a good map. (laughter)

The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even the gods themselves ...

Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown'd, Let darkness keep her raven gloss: Ah, sweeter to be drunk with loss, To dance with death, ...

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is ...

I believe that I have created a lot of cognitive dissonance in the minds of people who are comfortable with stereotypes.

The idea that Jesus never really died on the cross can be found in the Koran, which was written in the seventh century--in fact, Ahmadiyya ...

Bull-fluff. You didn't break up with a girlfriend of a whole year because of stuff.

I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate. I studied anthropology ...

The universe is neither centered on earth nor the sun. It is centered on God.

The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery ...

I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to ...

Today I want to dispel this myth, because it is absolutely not true .[ that ARV's work ] The pharmaceutical industry and those who have ...

[H]aving the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted electronic surveillance is ...

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

My love, my passion, is boundless, for my mate." In

One of the most interesting things for me in playing another species is that you want to make them different enough to be alien but ...

During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about ...

He gave Gaspode a long, slow stare, which was like challenging a centipede to an arse-kicking contest.

May I just single out for salutations, on the 'anti-war' side: Pop Stars For Appeasement, Dancers Against Democracy, Actors For Apathy, Fashionistas For Fascism and ...

The best organizations regard the nurturing of their employees as a spiritual mandate.

I've learned a lot about things because of the Internet. I'm happy with it, but it's a long road for me. I'm still definitely a ...

You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to ...

If the early Christian accounts of dramatic signs make these works seem foreign and foreboding to segments of modern Western academia,[85] they are nevertheless welcome ...

There was no warning before the outbreaks began. One day, things were normal; the next, people who were supposedly dead were getting up and attacking ...

LAURA ATCHISON, Author of "What Would A Wise Woman Do?", on DANGEROUS ODDS by Marisa Lankester:"Truth is always wilder than fiction. Hold on to your ...

I don't want kids." "Why?" "My family has a genetic defect and I don't want to pass it on." "What kind of defect?" "We're assholes.

I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis. A physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for general intelligent action.

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.

I have a problem with that silver medal. It's like, 'Congratulation s, you almost won. Of all the losers, you're the number one loser. No ...

I look upon a year lived as a year earned; and each year earned means a greater treasury of experience and power laid up against ...

Your Mom's having a good time," Indy noted. "You meet her?" I asked. "Yeah, she's sweet," Indy replied. "She's the devil," I said.

Aion is a child at play, playing draughts; the kingship is a child's.

Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

I've been dying to go to India, especially to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. I've also heard Bollywood town's a lot of fun!

Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live.

Me too, Arch," Jeremiah said. "I want an answer about my request to transfer. Even now, my balls are shrinking in anticipation of going back ...

While the ACA's insurance expansions and reforms represent a great leap forward for the U.S., it is also true that when fully implemented by 2018, ...

Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in ...

I think that I had better go, Holmes.""Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

For the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we ...

The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.

We can possess many great lands by faith.

Nietzsche is no more or less than the Schliemann of asceticisms. In the midst of the excavation sites, surrounded by the psychopathic rubble of millennia ...

To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to ...

To plunge into passionate dispute over the trivialities of so-called honor is a queerer but not uncommon gambit of men who have just come from ...

Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment, even depression. Unless we learn to deal with disappointment, it ...

Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and thedowntrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincolnwith a wild ...

If you are anxious, you can't learn. It's like dropping seeds on concrete. With a quiet mind, people take things in.

Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land -movie - Karate kid"What is the calculus of innovation?" "The calculus of innovation is really ...

Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned out blazing ubiquities ...

The problem is then to develop a theory of invariance with respect to arbitrary linear transformations, in which, however, in contra-distinction to the case of ...

Work, Work and work, until you either succeed in your mission, or you die!

The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students' skills, and assisting them to determine the necessary next ...

When I think about myself as a writer, for sure I am a science fiction writer. The tools of extrapolation, the tools of anticipating the ...

I had a brilliant trip to Mexico with my friend Ellie during my gap year. We thought we were being really cool and going off ...

Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened.

What's so great about TV is that you can get an opportunity to tell really rich stories, over the course of so many hours. It's ...

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for ...

The idea that so many kids eat rubbish and sit on computers all day long appals me and getting them into sport is a major ...

Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All country artists will ...

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

There rises the moon, broad and tranquil, through the branches of a walnut tree on a hill opposite. I apostrophize it in the words of ...