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It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a ...
The jobs crisis has reached a boiling point, which is why we see Occupy Wall Street protestors crying out for an America that lets all ...
There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry," said Dumbledore's voice. "On the contrary . . . the fact that you can feel ...
Stories don't need to be new to bring you joy. Some stories are like familiar friends. Some are dependable as bread.
I have worked in every - every Democratic administration since the Kennedy administration, and I know dysfunctionality when I see it.
I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did ...
But here's the thing; none of us deserve anything. That's an illusion we all exist under
I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.
I will keep an eye on Diatribe, with her big talk and heroic gestures, to see with what force she will bring down my Achilles, ...
Something glorious a minute later. How could anyone not have an orgasm? While she didn't ask for his cock, her mouth opened as she gulped ...
Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.
Woman has so long been subject to the disabilities and restrictions with which her progress has been embarrassed that she has become enervated, her mind ...
Adam's eyes narrowed. I've looked you up. You're small potatoes, Snowflake.
The thing is, what I'm tryin' to say is - they do get on a lot better without me, I can't help them any. They ...
Nate hated, really hated, being told he thought too much. Jason wasn't the only one who said it: hippie-dippie types who romanticize the natural and ...
I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil ...
The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail.
God gives the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he designed for them.
My uncle's a big man, muscular. He's given to bulk in his shoulders.Yes, I suppose he could be a little frightening. So is his wife, ...
The boy may wrestle, when Nightworking Fancy steals him to the arms Of nymph oft wish'd awake, and, 'mid the rage Of the soft tumult, ...
George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to ...
Do not cherish suffering. Don't act like a fool. Don't think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress.
How do you say what's in your heart if your heart is something you haven't known for years? How do you give yourself completely when ...
For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
I suppose the doctor-patient relationship has that idea of transference. I think it's a special thing that doctors have. We all find doctors sexy. That's ...
The truth is that I do not like hanging in there. I was born, I believe, to do more. Or perhaps it's that I survived ...
Tired of all who come with words, words but no languageI went to the snow-covered island.The wild does not have words.The unwritten pages spread themselves ...
In 'Deadliest Catch,' we have men in ships in rough seas catching crabs. With 'Whale Wars,' we have men and women from a dozen different ...
Yes, but everybody else gets more than us.
And god damit,I can barely say your name,So I'll try to write it,And fill the pen with blood from the sink.
P. Diddy's gonna be exhausted, you know, running with the Olympic torch in one hand and the torch he'll always carry for J-Lo in the ...
People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental ...
My Mama Moved Among the Days My Mama moved among the days like a dreamwalker in a field; seemed like what she touched was here ...
Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance".
I don't buy these rag magazines that feed off of stolen, you know, press. They're basically stealing someone's image in order to make money for ...
To this point it probably looks like I am setting this up as a slam-dunk case for ambulating while working, and getting ready to lambaste ...
Know this much:regret nothing.Each part of your journey is essential to the whole.The moment you are experiencing is as important as your destination.Ninetah,the Daskiny Healer ...
A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, ...
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.
It's been a year and 3 months since we've kissed, and I rather have the ghost of his mouth on my lips than kiss anyone ...
I do not love fiction, I love history.
She wanted to be someone's muse - to be worshipped and adored, body and soul. She wanted to play Beatrice to a dashing and noble ...
Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.
Dance till the stars come down from the raftersDance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop.
Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to [pianists] Bill Evans ...
Men have their intellectual ancestry, and the likeness of some one of them is forever unexpectedly flashing out in the features of a descendant, it ...
The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.
I've had my own personal stalker. I would get nude drawings of my body with a knife and a message saying 'I'm watching you' and ...
The dogsman said, 'Tread lightly. Your master's in a vicious mood.' Well, that was order restored.
Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, ...
Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable.
When face with heavy burden, call on God, the Helper.
Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.
You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community ...
It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it history, to do ...
Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she ...
He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the ...
The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.
There's a capacity for appetite ... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and ...
Children become what they are told they are.
Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!
Every plant is an individual.Wrong again. We are not individuals at all, we are all connected. We are individuals the way each blossom on an ...
Fear is a prison. A feeling of crippling power that spreads darkness within. It blinds. It questions. It takes over every decision we make, coloring ...
If Darla's question was Why do people take pictures?, then what sort of answer was that? Or were pictures like that why Darla was asking ...
The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive ...
There's comfort to an awful old dressing-gown a pretty peignoir is powerless to provide, and aging bra elastic, is, I suspect, as near to liberation ...
In that brief kiss, Arthur's demigod had abandoned him.
Management isn't doing - it's seeing that it gets done. Following
Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves.
A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.
Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the darkSo soon, so soon.
Everything big, once started little. Discipline yourself and work to become an excellent person at what you want. Stretch yourself daily and go a little ...
Do unto others as you'd have KARMA do unto you! Stop thinking in terms of "What's in it for me?" and more in terms of ...
The path for those who go with the truth is not is not that smooth. Guns, crosses and hangmen in the gallows are waiting for ...
Gamora: History repeating itself?Warlock: History doesn't repeat itself, Gamora, but sometimes it rhymes.
All people are half actors.
I was right. You were asleep but you were dreamin'. You dream in black and white, babe. I gave you color. Now, you're awake."-Kane "Tack" ...
Incident at Vichy, one of my favorite Arthur Miller plays, is a play in which you look at all of the different perspectives of this ...
Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with ...
Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade, tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition ...
He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality ...
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss ...
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
When the universe was young, it took a breath, then sighed with a longing so deep, so ancient, that it stole God's attention for a ...
I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell ...
Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been the basis for ...
My recommendation is a compelling urgency for decentralisation. There is a necessity to decentralise the Police. We are under policed.
If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.
I buried Little Ann by the side of Old Dan. I knew that was where she wanted to be. I also buried a part of ...
The liferswho, even seven states away, are the porcheswhere we land.
She had always thought applying to college would be exciting. Living away from home, meeting so many new people, Learning new things, making a few ...
Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.
I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.
People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an ...
Why not a new village of farmers, citizens of the world through schools and radio and space-consuming transportation, grouped together in friendly sociability, building directly ...
Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.