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I never allow myself to be influenced in the smallest degree either by atmospheric disturbances or by the arbitrary divisions of what is known as ...

For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling ...

Those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said ...

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

If I program 'ware with an Anglo-Ubiq word and play it, you understand it," Scile said. "If I do the same with a word in ...

It's no wonder we're always getting' mistaken for queers. Look at us - a bunch'a proper men, never growin' old, 'angin' about in the dark, ...

Every time I've done a fund raiser, I've been blown away by the amount of money and the generosity that our fans have.

In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he smiles at me, ...

Writing may be masturbatory, but God forbid it should be an act off autocannibalism.

By 1996 Nora Ephron was telling a graduating class at Wellesley, Don't underestimate how much antagonism there is toward women and how many people wish ...

It took a lot to get attention in my family. No wonder I'm an actress.

Christianity taught that men ought to be as chaste as pagans thought honest women ought to be; the contraceptive morality teaches that women need to ...

The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that ...

The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do.

One of the elements of writing that is most delightful to the engaged reader is the element of surprise. And one of the ways to ...

It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes that appear in ...

[The popular impression about some chemists is that] the aquafortis and the chlorine of the laboratories have as effectually bleached the poetry out of them, ...

Flying is an art of absorbing the information from more than one reference, primary and secondary, and then using this information to decide how to ...

PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation ... Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied ...

It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a ... from sort of ...

I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, ...

I don't need a boyfriend to be happy. If I meet someone and I want to be with him, then I will be. I'm very ...

The goldenrod is yellow,The corn is turning brown ... The trees in apple orchardsWith fruit are bending down.

They marched like madmen from place to place, until overcome by exhaustion and lack of strength they could no longer move from one side to ...

When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you ...

Historically and geographically speaking, Gnosticism developed at the same time and in the same places as early Christianity, with which it was, and remained, entwined ...

For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about.

It may just be a little sentence from the little girl, but what matters is that she had done it; why can't I?

We live in a world of wars and wars alarms, of famines, of oppression. While there are many wonderful people in this world, you'll notice ...

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then ...

I was eager to see what Swedish design had to offer and get a sense of its fashion culture, and Altewai Saome was the perfect ...

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural ...

Like any wise ruler, Abbot Arkos did not issue orders vainly, when to disobey was possible and to enforce was not possible. It was better ...

Europe cannot solve this alone. We need stronger U.S. activity on the climate change issue if we are going to move forward. We are trying ...

We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws.[Lat., Tendimus ...

During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. It's a kind of self-hypnosis, ...

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King ...

The end is what you want and the means is how you get it.

The cruel-hearted love upon the wind and dash feelings until none are left.

My future will not copy my fair past, I wrote that once. And, thinking at my side my ministering life-angel justified the word by his ...

If we don't reach out to make theatre affordable to the young generation, we will lose them all.

We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom.

Jefferson's fear was that without such a system of public education, the country would end up being ruled by a privileged elite that would recycle ...

I felt beautiful when I was in Cambodia for Tomb Raider. I was sweaty, and my hair was matted and all over the place. And ...

Mystery's a thing not easily captured, and once deceased, not easily exhumed.

I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.

The real working class, though they hate war and are immune to jingoism, are never really pacifist, because their life teaches them something different. To ...

As a parent with a child with autism, it's been really tough to experience your child having autism.

Perhaps nothing speaks more eloquently of the variability of spelling in the age than the fact that a dictionary published in 1604, A Table Alphabeticall ...

It is a happy day when we come to know that with God's help, nothing is impossible for us.

Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American political ...

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.

And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help ...

The Arcturians had been the first alien race mankind had encountered, and those initial meetings had marked a turning point for the human race.

Sometimes I just listen to classical pieces of music to take me away from my work. That's what I kind of do to wash away ...

Well," I said, "in 1973, we used to come to Austin to drop acid. Now we drop antacid." Hey,

The spirit who inhabits her animates us all. Destroy the host, you destroy the power. The young die first; the old wither slowly; the eldest ...

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when ...

My early colleagues and myself helped create the life styles of Americans and, by osmosis, of the rest of the world. I found it difficult ...

Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your ...

Beauty isn't everything, stick. At least I like to eat.

When you go to Hawaii, it's all about "Aloha." It means hello, goodbye and I love you.

Those who seek the kingdom of heaven find it, those who deserve it receive it, but those who don't are trapped in endless desires.

A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, ...

For me, all of the data that is contained in your cell memory, and in your energetic field, is able to be picked up.

I too searched far and wide for the cure to addiction, but my medical and psychiatric background did not lead me to the cure because ...

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most ...

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

Chacun de nous a un jour, plus ou moins triste, plus ou moins lointain, o u' il doit enfin accepter d'e tre un homme. There ...

If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy, as God and the devil ... No bishop, no King! I will ...

They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever liked being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course is insulting to anybody.

I will not be my father's dog.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in ...

I make a mean coconut macaroon.

I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous.

There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its ...

...passions, poetry and the ego have been seen as perpetual explosions? But if that's true, then so its its opposite; ever since that August when ...

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want ...

He looks at me for a long moment. "You're not the type of woman who gives up easily, are you?" Ican't tell if he admires ...

Interviewing is not a democratic art.

Then he wants to use himself and thingsSo that they stand in the glow of ripeness. It doesn't matter whether he knows what he serves: ...

Not to spoil the ending for you, but everything is going to be alright.

Respect is not fear and awe; it ... [is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, ...

It's all very Italian (and decidedly un-American): to insist that doing the right thing is the most pleasurable thing, and that the act of consumption ...

Behind every strong man is a scared little boy wanting people to tell him it's going to be okay. Remember that, and men will no ...

No matter how reclusive we tend to be, we picture the after-life as a community of souls. It is one thing to seek privacy in ...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a ...

I wanted to do London Boulevard because I saw the potential of a story about two people who need each other desperately, who love at ...

There are all kinds of friends you make in life ... But there's something different about someone who spreads their wings with you.

But the beauty of the woods, the incredible joy of it is too alluring to be ignored, and I could not stand to be away ...

We aim for the practice of Christianity in their everyday life and dealings, and not merely the profession of its theology on Sundays.

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long ...

Benny and Bjorn, I suppose, already had an idea of which one was going to sing the lead. I mean, they knew perfectly well our ...

American movies show you how to fight and break armsand necks. I want to make the action in my movies like dancing.

What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]? That ...

A skilled observer might notice there was something his gaze avoided. The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a ...

I think being ambitious, successful, powerful, making a lot of money - I don't care what color you are as a woman; it's difficult to ...

It's been a long time. How have you been doing?"I'm fine. How are you? You're looking very handsome today, Addolgar the Handsome, lord of my ...

Aurore had a well-maintained body that met the basic requirements of haute couture.