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There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.

I could never give up Mexican food. Nachos are usually my go-to if I'm courtside at an NBA game. I always, always get my picture ...

I lifted my Bible in one hand and with my other scooped up all the papers on my adoption. Both hands held paper that contained ...

The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they believe they are ...

What do you mean fainted?Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after her first kiss. Had a dreadful case of the ...

Lella York, the self-proclaimed queen of passive-aggressive behavior. [Lella's perceptive view of herself]

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other ...

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. ...

Ignorance is not a suitable defense

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths ...

New interfaces are most understandable when they build on what users (and audiences) already know.

People should be allowed to marry, and gay marriage should be out there. If a man or a woman has a good partner and they ...

There are talking dogs all over the place, unbelievably boring they are, on and on and on about sex and shit and smells, and smells ...

People were always ready to yield theirwills, to worship the hero, because they were not given a chancefor developing initiative, stability, and independence, said the ...

The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to ...

Talent always rises to the top

Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or ...

I didn't decide I was crazy until 1952. That's when I began making a steady salary and could afford to be crazy.

Mastery of impulse is achieved through taking pauses during life's contrasting situations. Mastery of impulse is about developing strong willpower that can be used to ...

I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo. ...

If I prove extravagant, I shall be more so from ignorance than willfulness. I am not wholly insensible to the pleasures of the world, therefore ...

Univision's close-to-50-year relationship with Hispanics makes us one of the leading media brands in this country and the gateway to connect with this consumer.

When a country is largely owned by foreigners, there is a recurrent and almost irrepressible social demand for expropriation.

You ass-sniffing, butt-crack licking, litter-box-using fuckhole!

I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help ... Because beauty is required in heart not in face ...

On Saturday mornings, because I'm surfing a lot for the part in 'John From Cincinnati,' I'll get up about 5:30 A.M .and go to Malibu ...

I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. ...

I'm dying to do something sci-fi! I would love to be on a spaceship and firing a laser gun! Something like that would be really ...

His eyes spark with revolutions, enlightened trickery and unconditional affection.

We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark.

Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossible to explain child loss to a ...

We spend too much time keeping up with celebrities. They're living their dreams, what about you? Are you where you want to be in life. ...

There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the ...

Nana's French knickers were surely a symbol of liberty and abandonment, worn only by women who didn't care for conventional frills or superficial nametags. Those ...

" ... arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable."

Despite what you've heard, ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance leads to poverty, illness, poor jobs and broken relationships.

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the ...

For many, the emotional trauma of a broken heart can manifest as real, physical pain.

My brother," Will growled. "And your friend. You'd better not treat him the way you treat me.

How do the alchemies of the kitchen transform the raw stuffs of nature into some of the great delights of human culture?

She is a storm cloud of sorrow. You wander in, you may never find your way out.

It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given.

My earliest memories of horror are 'Friday the 13th Part 2,' John Carpenter's 'The Thing,' 'Halloween,' 'An American Werewolf in London,' and 'A Nightmare On ...

I've lived through deaths in my family and I've lived through separations in my family so those are the big ones. Those are the ones ...

When you sit in America you miss the open plains and you miss the sound of rain and the smell of rain and the smell ...

It is not necessary to dwell on the political and social principles of Islam, to underline how close they also are in spirit to the ...

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the ...

I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.

One of those pertinacious tempers that would warm every day to a white heat and never again cool to forgiveness.

I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

I don't ask questions. I just figure the extra warm days are God's way of rewarding me for Garden State

Let's start anew. Life is goalsPurpose-AttemptsStruggle-Dreams and Accomplishmenties. It sounds confusing (my fault), but it's actually simple.

The people people have for friends Your common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all. ...

Some directors are really strong on action, manhandling you around the set; others are very focused on setting up the camera shots and practically ignore ...

In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better ...

The only thing that would deter me at the moment would be the idea of doing one thing for a very long time. There is ...

The happiness you seek can be found within yourself.

In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I ...

Children are not things to be molded, But are people to be unfolded. - Jess Lair The Absorbent Mind and Sensitive Periods from Birth to ...

Great men are almost always bad men.

Sometimes in the news, "luck" is just a matter of "capitalizing on someone else's pain.

So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.

I have a wonderful road manager, and he travels with me. And my valet and friend travels with me. My little entourage is great, and ...

The fact that German anti-Semitism and anticapitalism spring from the same root is of great importance for the understanding of what has happened there, but ...

If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an).

You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.

Immortal honour, endless fame, Attend the Almighty Father's name: The Saviour Son be glorified, Who for lost man's redemption died; And equal adoration be, Eternal ...

I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand.

To achieve contact with reality is not to transport oneself elsewhere; it is not transcendence but thorough immersion in one's surroundings - a reality which ...

Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work.

Like a blood-red sky that warns the passerby, "There is a fire over there," certain blazing looks often reveal passions that they serve merely to ...

A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him, and leaving something of himself upon it.

I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

If mental abuse was a punishable crime, a lot of parents would be in jail serving a long term.

It is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if ...

Cyphus bears the blue flame. Stercus is in thrall of iron. Ferule chill and dark of eye. Usnea lives in nothing but decay. Grey Dalcenti ...

The more gaps a leader can bridge, the more significant influence she or he can make.

If the Aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

I don't really have that much contact with Americans. I mean, I see the oddest things on the Internet, I suppose. And I've got a ...

Is what I'm doing creepy? Maybe. Do I care? I'm not a known giver of fucks. No.

One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.

A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down.

Everybody's got a dark side, but mine doesn't include being around people who are mean.

One man's fight is another man's freedom.

The first duty of the agriculturalist must always be to understand that he is a part of Nature and cannot escape from his environment. He ...

There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard enough it seems as if it were ...

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.

If you're a big celebrity, you get money to be private. I'm just a working stiff. I don't get bodyguards or alarm systems.

Embrace your weirdness. Some will adore you. Others won't. But who cares? Worry about loving yourself, not loving the idea of other people loving you.

The very notion of Great Britain's "greatness" is bound up with Empire,' the cultural theorist, Stuart Hall, once wrote: 'Euro-scepticism and littel Englander nationalism could ...

To put it most simply, the evangelical ethos is activistic, populist, pragmatic, and utilitarian. It allows little space for broader or deeper intellectual effort because ...

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies ...

I did not do it for you, sire." Gawain was deadly serious now. "Death comes to us and all mortals. I shall still lose you ...

So I'm smoking in the house, Mother said. And Bobbie's got a dog in her room. And your son Will's got an Injun in his. ...

Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely ...

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one.[Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque ...

It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. ...

I wonder," said Miss Oliver, "if humanity will be any happier because of aeroplanes. It seems to me that the sum of human happiness remains ...

All true things must change and only that which changes remains true.

Strive to be authentic, not perfect.