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I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.

At least some of the items in a Homeric list of the aretai would clearly not be counted by most of us nowadays as virtues ...

If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is ...

_I_ boil it." Joseph entered last, closing the door behind them. "Last time, you burnt it."Connor glared at Joseph. "We were attacked! What would you ...

Once the Hack-a-Shaq works once, you know I'm going to see it again. The only thing worse for basketball than that defense is the Lack-a-Shaq ...

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their ...

Apparently, lesbians and gay men who have no desire "to become queer" have failed at a task that is obligatory for them, whether or not ...

God takes that which is nothing and makes something out of it. When you become a Christian, you cannot patch your Christianity onto your old ...

What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about which they can know nothing and think they know ...

There's something about being a woman in a technology space, unless you happen to be model beautiful, where there's always, always talk about what you ...

Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.

I've got two dogs; they're Boston terriers, and they're allowed everywhere.

Just so you know," Bubby says before returning to his seat, "if I had been there, I would have carried you to the hospital on ...

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

The Senegalese conservationist Baba Dioum can summarize: "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and ...

Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in an uncommon way

The beasts would not think it hard if I told them to walk on their heads. It would become their delight to walk on their ...

It seems from my unique vantage point as both scientist and editor of JSE that substantial evidence exists of "something going on".

His throat bobbled. His kiss that time was deep and thorough, unhurried and intent.I let the dawn creep inside me, let it grow with each ...

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.

I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible.

The Benson and Hedges Cup was won by McEnroe ... he was as charming as always, which means that he was as charming as a ...

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry - it ...

Blaming his students for being uninspired was so much easier than doing the work required to inspire them.

Ever afternoon, me and Baby Girl set in the. rocking chair before her nap. Ever afternoon, I tell her: You kind, you smart, you important. ...

I'm here. Soon I won't be. Zoey's baby is here. Its pulse tick-ticking. Soon it won't be. And when Zoey comes out of that room, ...

Here I am, the artist, the person, the black woman, and the stereotype. I'm using myself and it has nothing to do with my muses ...

He knew he was being overbearing as hell, but he couldn't help it. He was a bonded male. With his pregnant female. There were few ...

I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much ...

For most people, the ringing of a phone was a welcome sign. Someone was trying to reach them, to say hello, ask about their well-being, ...

I hope I don't have to buck the system. But if it requires bucking, I will do it.

Is it a right thing or a mad thing not to re-connect, to avoid reading or writing because of what those will bring?

Damn it all! What rhymes with rhythm?

My limo driver's white, my attorney black ... 'Show me some love' like I'm Bernie Mac.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be ...

Maybe because the Dark can only reach people at extremes; blinded by their own shining ideas, or locked up in the darkness of their own ...

To reject revelational epistemology is to commit yourself to defending the truth of autonomous epistemology.

Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role.

I believe the best influence you can have is not by being preachy, but by trying to live. For example, knowing you're not perfect, but ...

You can't do that kind of thing normally, but normal dumped without a note nearly a month ago. These days, I'll happily set fire to ...

Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and ...

The brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nearer to it every hour that he lives; and this makes his life ...

No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the rest ...

(It's a good thing the gho is so handy, because all Bhutanese men are required to wear one during business hours. Bhutan is the only ...

It's really hard when you break up with somebody, or somebody breaks up with you, and you're in this band; guess who you have to ...

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love ...

... and look down the glowing store front of a 24 hr bodega. I am not overly concerned about going in there with one bare ...

Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd.

Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith's in it.

The idea that we should augment the wealth of the richest 1 per cent so they have more to spend on charity is trickle-down theory ...

While vast continents are shrouded in darkness ... the burden of proof lies upon you to show that the circumstances in which God has placed ...

Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ...

Unknown Assassin, says the headline. Blanche skips over the details she already knows. How bizarre to see what she lived through last night turned into ...

I'm trusting. I don't assume people lie to me.

As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing ...

In order to be comfortable with other people, you have to be comfortable with yourself.

We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.

All human beings, by virtue of having been born into this world, are immortal beings - not our material bodies; those are sadly quite fragile, ...

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas.""You haven't heard all our ideas."Luke & Bhindi Drayson

Yeah, it had a blah, blah, blah, with its blahdity, blah, blah. Then there was the blah, blah blah." Of course, he used words for ...

Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.

Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul alone ...

Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!

I remember being wise beyond my years when I was little.

For you, a thousand times over(Bareh tu hazar dafa)

Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which need ...

Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control.

Confidence is a pencil best sharpened with paper.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

Does the beef salute the butcher as it throbs to it's knees?

In life and in business, you need to be good-hearted and trustworthy, and to have integrity. This is the way to build long-term relationships. It ...

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

Right now there are thirty-one satellites zipping around the world with nothing better to do than help you find your way to the grocery store.

I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a bigger picture. And ...

I did bronze survival swimming. I could save people in a bronzey kind of way.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and ...

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Narian scrutinised both me and the Queen, with eyes so deeply blue I could not break away from them. I was glad he was no ...

Father's always saying that South Africa must be one of the best countries in the world for surviving a zombie apocalypse,' Megan says seriously. 'It's ...

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with ...

Wherever a human being goes, there is a challenge. Be the best man you can, and your gods will look with favor upon you.

I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get ...

Those props are as cunning as a bag o' weasels.

What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. ...

Fortune, honour, beauty, youth,Are but blossoms dying;Wanton pleasures, doting love,Are but shadows flying.

I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito.

We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work, is not to get persons to join the church or to give ...

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying ...

Mama, you taught me to do the right things / So now you have to let your baby fly / You've given me everything that ...

None of us grew but the business.

I was a young kid; I did a little time in the Billerica House of Correction, and it basically turned my life around because I ...

The pain never goes away, Freya, but it becomes manageable. One day, you'll wake up and realize you can breathe a little easier than the ...

The politics of the family are the politics of a nation. Just as the authoritarian family is the authoritarian state in microcosm, the democratic family ...

The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen.

You paint the picture of your surroundings. Paint it beautifully.

There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise. Believe me, there was never any discussion of lip syncing or another voice ...

I'm pretty sure little hearts are popping out of my eyes right now. Here is this hot man, tattoos decorating his rugged arms, muscles tugging ...