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I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you really want to ...
Dancing is why I love music as much as I do and vice-versa, and there aren't many things better than those two combined.
To make sure I learned the etiquette of grieving, Granny took me with her to the many funerals she attended. O Death, where is thy ...
I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going ...
Someone has said, 'To be a saint is to have loved many things' - many things the tree, the dog, the sky, the flowers, even ...
The parent-child connection was as deep and wide as the ocean, as mysterious as heaven, as impossible to explain as love.
Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand. Who's wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine?
When I speak of Team India I believe that the foundation for India's development will not be the single pillar of the Central Government, but ...
You can't make me do nothing but die!
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
Colleen patted his thigh. "Are you up to baking decadently delicious chocolate treats?""I am. And eating my fair share, too.
Since China embraced Deng Xiaoping's reforms on 22 December 1978, China has experimented with different exchange-rate regimes. Until 1994, the yuan was in an ever-depreciating ...
Peace is wonderful, but / ecstatic dance is more fun / and less narcissistic
For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical ...
You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen ...
My dad was a different bloke to me and not very nice to my mum, although I never judge him. If you did, you'd become ...
You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just ...
Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of ...
Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows.
I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what ...
Deeds, rather than words, express my concept of the part religion should play in everyday life. I have watched constantly that in our movie work ...
My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference of political opinion. ...
Selfless giving is love in action. Initially you will feel that you should help in a certain way, with a certain result. Do your best, ...
The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts.
Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious ...
I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a ...
Why do the same people who believe in those deities doubt the existence of darker spirits? I ask all of you, how can a person ...
Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to ...
I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog." This ...
Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.
But I still fear I'll break him, and that boy is too damn sweet and beautiful to ruin.
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer ...
We looked, we saw the people trying to dream themselves out. As though there was someplace other than this place. As though there was another ...
The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his ...
And it made me hurt inside of my bones with sadness. Because in a life that is long and well lived there are sorrows and ...
Do you know why our race is doomed, Pellinore? Because it has fallen in love with the pleasant fiction that we are somehow above the ...
Maybe mothers - consciously or subconsciously - repelled their daughters in different ways.
In a voice that sounds the way a can of cheap dog food would sound if a can of cheap dog food could speak, he ...
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 ...
You probably even dream about me." His gaze lowered to my mouth. I felt my lips part. "I bet you even write my name in ...
The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.
When others lives were at stake, Virchow's courage had no limit. That is the definition of a hero.
Decisions are made by those who show up
We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our little hurts will be made much ...
One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.
On my days off, I like to be outdoors - on my bike or walking the dog or swimming - so it's important anyone I ...
Take time to truly look deep into the eyes of an individual and that is were you will truly see the soul of a person, ...
It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read ...
The thing about love is one can never define it exactly. And as much of a mystery as that is and as familiar it is ...
Love couldn't be moved by circumstance, poor choices, or even blatant lies - skewed and damaged, yes, but the heart couldn't deny what it wanted ...
If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even ...
If only a world-wide consciousness could arise that all division and fission are due to the splitting of opposites in the psyche, then we should ...
We deeply regret that some Senators are still willing to do Big Oil?s bidding, and we now turn to the House where the Arctic drilling ...
Let's not pray long, drawn-out prayers, but let's pray short ones full of love. Let us pray on behalf of those who do not pray. ...
You might be a redneck if your daughter's Barbie's Dream House has a clothesline in the front yard.
When diamonds boast that they can't be crushed, let 'em go, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust.
I've broken your heart, haven't I?""A million times. And you can break it a million times more, Luna Moon. There will never be a day ...
I smiled at him, "It's okay, boys can be dumb."Alex smirked, "Yeah, and girls can drive you crazy.
The only certainty we have is that those who are certain of a way to arrive at worldly salvation, are committed enough to organize around ...
Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story ...
There are pictures by Titian so steeped in golden splendors, that they look as if they would light up a dark room like a solar ...
So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
I think one of the things the writers' festival does that is very good is that it brings writers from around the world and around ...
I was under the impression that werewolf packs were not meant to be run by committee.""Yeah," I said. "But I dont want to be like ...
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It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This ...
I like to do my research, get in the right mental state for the person I'll be portraying. A lot of time, it's just incorporating ...
Samuel Eto'o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at £350,000 per week - that's £5,000 a day
I find a very guilty pleasure in dark themes and vibes, and finding where the transcending nature of awareness meets this darkness.
Your expression dog paddles the entire meeting but your daydream ricochets between the prospect of quitting and painting your room.
I just want to say that dreams do come true. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer ...
You can look forward with love or backward with hate, and people have to make that choice for themselves. But holding on to bitterness is ...
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength daily.
I think that the power over death and life is the greatest strength that any person can have. It trumps sex and wealth. If I'm ...
This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.
Hell hath no fury like a queen scorned. ... ... That would be the last time he made a crack about being a flamer to ...
Do not compare yourself with others. Its our uniqueness that makes us who we are.
Dr. Dunbar would never consider not answering the call of duty.
You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, ...
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if ...
My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.
Dont let anyone tell you what you are ever- that way you never run the danger of becoming anything but what you believe in.
You've got to be happy, you have to do this thing [music] for the love. It's not like you go into music because it's going ...
Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad ...
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.'- from Collected Sayings of ...
Pro-life advocates don't oppose abortion because they find it distasteful; they oppose it because it violates rational moral principles. The negative emotional response follows from ...
Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to ...
Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a ...
Their mutual misanthropy had sealed the deal.
On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a ...
But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to beat me. They're going to come ...
I'd never driven a Porsche in my life and it made me nervous to drive one now, but I realized I could get used to ...
Nothing against Nicki Minaj - I think she's a dope lyricist, and her body is perfect, along with a dope personality. But I'm more into ...
When a clumsy cloud from here, meets a fluffy little cloud from there, he billows towards her. She scurries away, and he scuds right up ...
The things that make me very angry are injustice and bullying. If I see someone bullying a woman or child in the street, or kicking ...
There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase
That such people could accomodate conflicting worldly labels... was a talent of postcolonial life, evidence of adaptation by people who have had many different categories ...
He should have had more faith in himself rather than give in to his weaker qualities, in particular his overeagerness to please and aversion to ...
God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and ...
The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you're going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can ...